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29.11.25 - 03:06
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Hong Kong reaps the fruits of fintech seeds sown nearly 10 years ago (SCMP)
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When Alvin Kwock, co-founder of digital insurer OneDegree, took part in the inaugural Hong Kong FinTech Week in November 2016, it was held at a venue suitable for only a few hundred people.
“As it was the first ever fintech event in Hong Kong, only fintech start-ups were interested, no big financial institutions paid attention,” Kwock said. “People did not have a clear idea of fintech as it was still in an exploratory stage.”
In the years since, fintech in Hong Kong has gone through a sea......
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28.11.25 - 08:48
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Hong Kong developers Emperor and Lai Sun find relief amid debt pressures (SCMP)
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Emperor International Holdings has secured bank approval to resume borrowing under existing terms by nearly two years, providing the embattled Hong Kong developer with much-needed breathing room after it failed to meet HK$16.6 billion (US$2.13 billion) in debt obligations in July.
Meanwhile, shares of Lai Sun Development (LSD) resumed trading on the Hong Kong stock exchange on Friday, after the firm said it was negotiating a potential asset sale alongside its parent company, Lai Sun Garment......
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28.11.25 - 08:36
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Hong Kong′s Fire Safety Regime Under Scrutiny (Bloomberg)
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Hong Kong's deadliest fire in decades has intensified scrutiny of the city's safety inspection system. It has also put the focus on Hong Kong's iconic bamboo scaffolding. Huang Xinyan, Associate Professor in the Department of Building Environment and Energy Engineering at Hong Kong Polytechnic University, and Anwar Orabi from the School of Civil Engineering at the University of Queensland, joined Insight with Haslinda Amin to discuss this. (Source: Bloomberg)...
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28.11.25 - 06:42
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Hong Kong dollar bonds to continue surge after record US$42 billion year (SCMP)
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Hong Kong dollar bond issuance is poised to expand, following a record run of offerings, as easing local interest rates attract more issuers while a global diversification trend persists, according to analysts.
Total issuance in the city's currency reached a record HK$331 billion (US$42.6 billion) so far this year, nearly 37 per cent higher than 2024's full-year total of HK$242 billion.
“The Hong Kong dollar bond market will continue to grow over the long term, supported by structural shifts,”......
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