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Hong Kong’s Exchange Fund posts record gain of HK$331 billion
Hong Kong’s Exchange Fund reported a record investment gain of HK$331 billion (US$42.4 billion) in 2025, helped by rising global markets.…
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Hong Kong’s Sogo Mall operator seeks HK$8 billion loan refinancing
Lenders have paused earnings checks for Lifestyle International as it seeks to refinance Hong Kong mall operator Lifestyle International…
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Point72 expands office space in Hong Kong’s Henderson Tower
Point72 Asset Management has signed a deal to take more space for its upcoming office in The Henderson, a skyscraper in Hong Kong’s…
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HSBC, Prudential in US$220 million funding for Hong Kong’s WeLab
The fintech has over 70 million individual users and more than 700 enterprise customers Hong Kong-based fintech firm WeLab has secured…
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Hong Kong’s financial resurgence fuelled by surge of offshore wealth
Strong net fund inflows of HK$7 trillion brought the city’s managed assets back up to HK$35.1 trillion at the end of 2024 The turnaround…
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One Fire, One System: Hong Kong’s Fire Tragedy and the City That No Longer Exists | National Review
Hong Kong did not simply mishandle a tragedy; it demonstrated, once again, that it has become something fundamentally different from what…
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Millennium, Jane Street show Hong Kong’s lure for key IPO investors
The blistering rebound in Hong Kong listings this year has lured a wave of big names into the role of cornerstone investors. Millennium…
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Hong Kong’s investment firm reports HK$2 billion return in 2024
As at end-2024, the firm had used up under a fifth of its initial HK$62 billion kitty Hong Kong Investment Corporation (HKIC) generated…
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Zhongji Innolight picks banks for one of Hong Kong’s biggest listings
The company’s Shenzhen shares surge 237% since June, lifting its 2025 gain to 300% Zhongji Innolight, a Chinese maker of optical…
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China’s ICBC to open vault boosting Hong Kong’s gold ambitions
China’s largest state-owned bank plans to open a precious metals depository at Hong Kong International Airport, offering a boost to both…
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Hong Kong's bourse operator expands commodities business with Dubai unit
HONG Kong Exchanges & Clearing (HKEX) launched a new unit in Dubai to advance its commodities business, the exchange operator said on…
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HSBC is tackling Hong Kong’s commercial real estate crisis
For those concerned with financial stability, HSBC Holdings. is doing the right thing by taking its Hong Kong subsidiary private. But its…
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CICT overtakes Hong Kong’s Link Reit to become Asia’s largest real estate investment trust
A main factor behind this is the strength of the Singapore dollar, which has gained 5.4% against the greenback so far this year, while the…
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Hong Kong’s Cathay says to axe over 500 flights as typhoon nears
HONG Kong-based airline Cathay Pacific said on Monday (Sep 22) it expected to cancel more than 500 flights as Super Typhoon Ragasa was…
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Hong Kong’s gold trading ambitions tested by talent shortage
Bank of China (Hong Kong) posted a job ad early this year for a precious metals trader fluent in English and Mandarin with at least five…
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Hong Kong’s key rate climbs above 3% to pose risks for economy
If the gauge sustains above that level, it could have a negative impact on the economy Liquidity conditions in Hong Kong resumed…
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Hong Kong’s new listing rules seen as helping hot market to stay hot
Hong Kong’s changes to its listing rules are likely to pave the way for one of the world’s hottest markets for initial public offerings…
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Family office for Hong Kong’s richest builds out hedge fund team
A money manager for some of Hong Kong’s richest families is building a hedge fund team to allocate money away from private equity after…
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Hong Kong’s US$25 billion pile of soured debt spurs talks to form ‘bad bank’
The pile of non-performing loans (NPLs) at Hong Kong lenders has grown so large that some in the industry have discussed the creation of a…
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BNP bets Hong Kong’s IPO boom will add to wealth momentum
BNP Paribas said Hong Kong’s boom in initial public offerings (IPOs) is adding further momentum to its Asia wealth business after a 20 per…
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Hong Kong’s de facto central bank intervenes to defend currency peg
Hong Kong’s de-facto central bank said it intervened twice on Friday and sold US$3.78 billion against the Hong Kong dollar after the local…
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US-based I Squared Capital dumps plans to make separate offer for Hong Kong’s HKBN
based infrastructure investment firm I Squared Capital has withdrawn plans to make a takeover offer for Hong Kong’s HKBN, the broadband…
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Hong Kong’s sixfold jump in share sales drives boom year in Asia
Hong Kong’s having a banner year as it marches towards becoming the second-largest market globally for share sales for the first time…
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Hong Kong’s equity capital markets bounce back in first half, as Shein IPO looms
HONG Kong’s equity capital markets activity roared back to life in the first half of 2025, driven by global investors sharpening focus on…