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Hong Kong could benefit from Singapore's recent move to oust unlicensed cryptocurrency companies, according to analysts, potentially leading to a significant injection of liquidity. On May 30, the Monetary Authority of Singapore instructed cryptocurrency firms incorporated in the city and offering services abroad to acquire a licence or leave the country. Singapore's central bank subsequently set a June 30 deadline for crypto service providers in the city state to stop offering digital token......

Hong Kong's stock market stamp duty income is filling the city's financial coffers at the fastest pace since 2021, amid a bull run on the local bourse that has attracted scores of initial public offerings (IPOs) and fuelled frenzied trading. Duties from transactions and transfers rose to HK$29.69 billion (US$3.78 billion) in the first five months of 2025, according to calculations by the Post based on government data. Contributions from the stock market jumped 42.5 per cent to HK$52.17 billion......

Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank Ltd. plans to close the lender's Hong Kong branch by June 2026 and move most of its client operations to the Singapore office, according to people familiar with the matter....

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) intervened twice in the foreign exchange market overnight as gaping interest-rate differentials encouraged carry trades and pressured the local currency to the weak side of its trading band. The authority sold a total of US$3.775 billion during New York trading hours on Thursday, and bought the equivalent of HK$29.634 billion at HK$7.85 per dollar, it said in a statement on Friday. The moves would reduce the aggregate balance – a measure of the banking......

Hong Kong stocks fell for the second day as investors shun risks amid concerns about global trade tensions before a deadline next week to tackle higher US export tariffs. The Hang Seng Index declined 1 per cent to 23,822.03 at 9.35am local time on Friday, adding to a 0.6 per cent loss on Thursday. The Hang Seng Tech Index slipped 0.9 per cent. The Shanghai Composite Index and the CSI 300 Index of onshore stocks both slipped 0.1 per cent. E-commerce leader Alibaba Group declined 2.1 per cent to......

China's first domestically-built aircraft carrier has docked in Hong Kong, as part of a drive to drum up patriotism in the city. The Shandong will be open to the public this weekend, in what the city's Chief Executive, John Lee, calls an 'inspiring' visit that demonstrates rock-solid national security. Annabelle Droulers has more on how the vessel factors into China's broader naval ambitions. (Source: Bloomberg)...

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. claimed top ranking in Hong Kong equity sales for the first time since 2013, riding a wave of billion-dollar deals in the city after three years of lackluster activity....

Hong Kong's de-facto central bank bought the city's dollar again to defend its foreign-exchange peg, as two previous rounds of intervention failed to send funding costs high enough to dampen bearish currency bets....

CK Infrastructure Holdings Ltd. and a consortium that includes Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System are the final bidders for one of Europe's largest liquefied natural gas terminals being sold by National Grid Plc, according to people familiar with the matter....

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Affluent investors in Hong Kong have nearly tripled their allocation to gold amid economic and geopolitical uncertainties, according to an HSBC survey. Individual investors in the city with US$100,000 to US$2 million in investible assets had allocated 11 per cent of their portfolios to gold and other precious metals, up from 4 per cent a year ago, according to the survey published on Thursday. On the mainland, wealthy investors had increased their gold holdings to 15 per cent compared with 7 per......

Property deals in Hong Kong surged to a seven-month high in June while home sales exceeded a key threshold for the fourth straight month, according to official data, contributing to a more positive outlook for the battered sector. Overall property deals in June – homes, office units, shops, industrial premises and car parking slots – rose by about 13 per cent from May to 7,271, the Land Registry said on Thursday. Property worth HK$66.41 billion (US$8.46 billion) changed hands, up by more than a......

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TOKIO/HONGKONG/SHANGHAI/SYDNEY (dpa-AFX) - Die asiatischen Börsen haben am Donnerstag erneut keine einheitliche Richtung gefunden. Konjunkturdaten aus China setzten dabei Akzente.Die Stimmung im chinesischen Dienstleistungssektor hatten ......

Luxshare Precision Industry, which supplies Apple's AirPods and some iPhone models, plans to sell new shares in Hong Kong in what could be one of the 10 biggest tech listings this year after Beijing opened the door for more companies to raise capital offshore. The Shenzhen-listed firm said its listing plan was to improve overseas financing capabilities and accelerate global expansion, according to its exchange filing on Thursday. The firm is said to be seeking more than US$1 billion from its......

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Von Steffen Gosenheimer DOW JONES--Die ostasiatischen Aktienmärkte tendieren im Handelsverlauf am Donnerstag uneinheitlich. Während die Kurse in Hongkong mit einem Indexminus von 1,0 Prozent deutlicher nachgeben, legt der Kospi in Seoul um 1,0 Prozent ......

Hong Kong stocks fell after US trade deals with Vietnam and other trading partners showed Washington was putting hurdles to curb Chinese goods shipped from offshore factories, potentially heightening trade tensions. The Hang Seng Index dropped 1.2 per cent to 23,936.66 at 10.23am local time on Thursday, surrendering all the gain on Wednesday. The Hang Seng Tech Index declined 1.1 per cent. On the mainland, the Shanghai Composite Index fell 0.2 per cent and the CSI 300 Index rose 0.1 per......

Investor and business enthusiasm for Hong Kong's equity capital markets is roaring back, as a wave of Chinese firms rush to the city for fundraising....

Hong Kong developer Emperor International Holdings' struggles reflect the highs and lows the city's property sector has endured over the past few years. Just over five years ago, residential and commercial real estate prices and rents were hitting record highs. Developers reported robust earnings and had access to cheap financing, boosting their confidence – and that of investors – to spend more on new projects or acquire existing income-generating properties. But this golden era ended abruptly.......