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Hong Kong's securities regulator aims to include a yuan-trading counter in a cross-border channel linked with mainland Chinese investors by July 1, marking the latest step in the city's efforts to advance the internationalisation of the Chinese currency. The measure, announced on Wednesday, is part of a strategic action plan unveiled by the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) to support the implementation of Hong Kong's first five-year plan and the 2026 policy address presented by Chief......

Hong Kong's stock exchange will consult with stakeholders on a potential extension of stock trading hours that would align the bourse with major global markets....

Bourse operator Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEX) will launch yuan-denominated gold futures early next year, while the city's de facto central bank plans to introduce more yuan products and platforms to support the diversification and digitalisation of the currency's internationalisation, speakers at a banking summit said on Wednesday. “We have recently reactivated our gold contract in the US dollar. But in the future, perhaps sometime early next year, we will be coming up with a......

Von Steffen Gosenheimer DOW JONES--Die Börsen in Ostasien haben am Mittwoch uneinheitlich tendiert. Händler sprachen von einer abwartenden Haltung vieler Akteure im Hinblick auf das am Donnerstag stattfindende Treffen zwischen US-Präsident Donald ......

SEOUL/TOKIO/HONGKONG/SHANGHAI (dpa-AFX) - Die asiatischen Aktienmärkte haben am Mittwoch keine einheitliche Richtung eingeschlagen. Insgesamt überwogen die Gewinner etwas. In Japan fand wegen eines Feiertags erneut kein Handel statt.Die ......

Shenzhen Camsense Technologies, a maker of spatial sensors for robotic vacuum cleaners, launched a Hong Kong initial public offering (IPO) that aims to raise about HK$680 million (US$86.7 million), despite headwinds from Washington's recent import ban on foreign-made vacuum robots. “The export and procurement for our existing client products remain normal, with potential disruption limited to new product development schedules,” Camsense co-founder Zhou Kun said about the ban's impact. “We have......

Hong Kong will focus on enhancing its core strengths rather than entering a race to outbid Singapore with generous tax breaks, as the rival Asian finance hubs compete for wealthy investors and global talent, Financial Secretary Paul Chan said....

Record-breaking heat, devastating droughts, deadly wildfires and heavy rain and severe floods around the world over recent months have sparked a new urgency in the search for practical solutions to climate change. The challenge for governments is not only to generate cleaner sources of power, but also to use safer and more efficient energy technologies and storage systems that are affordable and scalable so they can have a global impact. Hong Kong is increasingly positioning itself as an......

Beijing and Hong Kong are laying the groundwork for a new phase of offshore yuan development and other goals after the city unveiled its first five-year plan, with banking and securities regulators set to provide more details on Wednesday. The city's market regulator, the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC), would outline further details of the blueprint, chairman Kelvin Wong Tin-yau said on Monday. Hong Kong Monetary Authority chief executive Eddie Yue Wai-man is also expected to elaborate......

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The rivalry between Hong Kong and Singapore to attract global talent is heating up again. Bloomberg's Venus Feng and Cindy Wang size up the merits of the Asian finance hubs. (Source: Bloomberg)...

SEOUL/TOKIO/HONGKONG/SHANGHAI (dpa-AFX) - Die asiatischen Aktienmärkte haben am Dienstag weiter zugelegt und damit die Vortagesgewinne ausgebaut. Starke Vorgaben aus den USA stützten. Dabei markierte der taiwanesische Taiex ein Rekordhoch. In Japan fand ......

Television maker Hisense Group Holdings' optical communications unit made a strong debut in Hong Kong after raising HK$5.6 billion (US$714 million), adding momentum to a fresh wave of mainland Chinese conglomerates spinning off business units to tap overseas capital and support technology expansion. Shares of fibre-optic communications equipment maker Ligent Technologies jumped as much as 19.2 per cent on Tuesday morning, valuing the company at more than HK$35 billion. Following the initial......

Hong Kong's stock market is getting a dose of optimism from mainland China's 41 trillion yuan (US$6.1 trillion) insurance industry, as some insurers are widely speculated to have bought exchange-traded funds (ETFs) in the city one month after regulators approved such purchases. Market observers highlighted a spike in trading volume for several Hong Kong-listed ETFs on Monday as evidence of buying by the mainland insurance companies. The National Financial Regulatory Administration, the watchdog......

Purpose-built student accommodation is drawing mainland Chinese university students away from Hong Kong's traditional rental market, as professionally managed residences gain favour despite charging higher rents than many private flats. Some students said dedicated student housing offered greater convenience, stronger security, more predictable costs and a better living environment, helping offset higher rents and, in some cases, longer commutes. Qi Zhonghao, a mainland Chinese student pursuing......

AI computing networks maker Ligent Technologies Inc. is set to debut on the Hong Kong stock exchange on Tuesday after raising HK$5.7 billion ($727 million) in a initial public offering, adding to this year's stampede of companies capitalizing on the global artificial intelligence buildout....

US Shipment Of F-35s Goes MIA In Shocking Detour To Hong Kong Authored by Luis Cornelio via Headline USA, Lawmakers and the Trump administration are investigating the odd disappearance of a U.S.-bound shipment of F-35 fighter jet components from Australia, which were originally meant to be repaired on U.S. soil, according to new reporting by Politico. The report, published Friday and citing three anonymous sources, noted that an intermediary was transporting the equipment on behalf of American defense manufacturer Lockheed Martin through the Pacific Ocean before it was diverted to Hong Kong. The three unnamed sources suggested that neither the Pentagon nor Lockheed Martin knows why the shipment ended up in Hong Kong. The current whereabouts of the components remain unknown, triggering concerns over whether China may have gotten its hands on them. China, which has tightened its control of Hong Kong in recent years, has long sought to gather intelligence on the F-35 program. The missing componen...

New World Development (NWD) received the green light from the Shanghai Stock Exchange to spin off and list a Reit (real estate investment trust) on the bourse, according to the distressed developer controlled by one of Hong Kong's wealthiest families. The expected offering size for the NWD C-Reit was about 3.82 billion yuan (US$570 million), from which the group's estimated net proceeds would be 3.24 billion yuan, Hong Kong-based NWD said in a statement on Monday. The underlying assets of the......

The Hong Kong stock exchange has proposed easing requirements for listed companies to disclose corporate transactions and seek shareholder approval, while also making it easier for issuers to spin off businesses, according to a consultation paper released on Monday. The 10-week consultation, which runs until November 30, proposes removing the profit test currently used to determine whether a transaction requires disclosure or shareholder approval. Companies would instead use market......

Hong Kong is strengthening its position as Asia's hub for family business succession and cross-border capital allocation as wealthy families navigate economic uncertainty and a generational transfer of wealth, financial regulators and industrial executives said on Monday. Speaking at the South China Morning Post's Redefining Hong Kong: Next Generation Wealth Conference, Undersecretary for Financial Services and the Treasury Joseph Chan Ho-lim highlighted what he described as the city's unique......