Hong Kong to sell up to $2.55 billion retail green bond this month
HONG KONG – Hong Kong will re-launch its inaugural retail green bond this month as the coronavirus pandemic eases to raise as much as HK$20 billion ($2.55 billion), the city’s…
HONG KONG – Hong Kong will re-launch its inaugural retail green bond this month as the coronavirus pandemic eases to raise as much as HK$20 billion ($2.55 billion), the city’s…
HONG KONG – Hong Kong former deputy leader John Lee will run in a leadership election in May, according to a press invitation seen by Reuters late on Friday. Lee,…
‘There’s No Recovery For Hong Kong’: Enforcer Of China’s Brutal National Security Law Poised To Rule City Philip Lenczycki on April 6, 2022 Carrie Lam, Hong Kong chief executive, announced…
HONG KONG – Hong Kong’s retail sales fell in February after 12 straight months of growth as a wave or COVID-19 infections hit the city and anti-epidemic measures weakened consumer…
MILAN – Italian investors led by Milanese asset manager Banca Mediolanum bought into an Hong Kong initial public offering by luxury yacht maker Ferretti, which saw Chinese investors take the…
HONG KONG – Goldman Sachs said Hong Kong residential property prices could drop as much as 20% through 2025, hurt by a drag on household income and homebuyer demand caused…
By Selena Li HONG KONG – A supervisory body of Hong Kong’s central bank has decided to replace a unit of State Street Corp as manager of the territory’s largest…
SYDNEY – Italian luxury yacht maker Ferretti Group has priced its shares at HK$22.88 each, the lower end of its proposed range, to raise HK$1.9 billion ($242.75 million) in its…
By Selena Li HONG KONG – Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) has decided to replace State Street Corp unit State Street Global Advisors (SSGA) as manager of the HK$111 billion…
By Donny Kwok and Scott Murdoch HONG KONG – Aquila Acquisition Corp shares slipped on Friday in the first special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) listing in Hong Kong as the…
By Jamie Freed – Hong Kong startup Greater Bay Airlines has scaled back its initial growth ambitions due to tight pandemic-related quarantine restrictions and has yet to set a date…
By Scott Murdoch, Samuel Shen and Selena Li SYDNEY/HONG KONG – China’s securities regulator has barred the country’s investment banks it regulates from acting as promoters of blank-check firms in…
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON -The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Monday urged Americans to avoid travel to Hong Kong, New Zealand and Thailand over COVID-19 cases. The…
HONG KONG, Feb 24 – Hong Kong released January export data on Thursday: * January exports rises 18.4 pct y/y Hong Kong trade: Percent change on a year earlier: All…
HONG KONG – The Hong Kong stock exchange operator’s 2021 net profit rose 9% but missed expectations, as China’s regulatory crackdowns resulted in fewer listings and struggling markets hurt its…
HONG KONG – Hong Kong’s economy is expected to grow 2.0% to 3.5% this year after expanding 6.4% in 2021, as social restrictions to tackle a growing COVID-19 outbreak are…
SYDNEY – One of JPMorgan’s most senior Asia Pacific equities bankers, Ryan Holsheimer, is leaving the bank and Hong Kong to return to Australia, according to a memo seen by…
HONG KONG – Hong Kong’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was unchanged at 3.9% in the November-January quarter, the government said on Monday, and the outlook is overshadowed by a surge…
By Joyce Zhou and Twinnie Siu HONG KONG – Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said on Friday that it would take up to three months to stabilise a worsening COVID-19…
HONG KONG – The election of Hong Kong’s chief executive, scheduled to be held in March, will be postponed to May as the Asian financial hub battles to control an…
HONG KONG – The Hong Kong Retail Management Association said on Thursday retail traffic in the global financial hub has dropped 40% from December as a surge in coronavirus cases…
Chinese leader Xi Jinping demanded that Hong Kong’s government get its Omicron coronavirus surge, which has overwhelmed the city’s healthcare system, under control, The Wall Street Journal reported. Xi’s order…
Hong Kong police announced Tuesday they had arrested a 41-year-old man, identified by local media as singer Tommy Yuen, for suspected sedition and money laundering, Reuters reported. Yuen was taken…
SINGAPORE – HSBC said on Monday it has appointed Luanne Lim as the chief executive officer of its Hong Kong business, its biggest market, as the Asia-focussed bank looks to…
By Jessie Pang HONG KONG – An American lawyer convicted of assaulting a plain-clothes Hong Kong police officer during anti-government protests in 2019 lost his appeal on Tuesday and was…