Hong Kong

PMI hits 48.6 in October as Chinese demand falters

The decline in sales to Chinese markets was the highest in two years.

Bank loan growth may halve to measly 3% in December

The steep decline is partially due to higher interest rate environment.

All roads point to a correction for Hong Kong's weakening property market

New-home sales in October fell to its lowest level in 16 months.

Asia's ultra wealthy stoke Hong Kong and Singapore's family office boom

The number of newly built offices may have grown 15% in first three quarters of 2018.

Blockchain-powered trade finance platform goes live

eTradeConnect will digitise the paper-intensive process.

Hong Kong unveils rules in bid to tame crypto assets

Fund managers will need to meet licensing conditions.

Retail sales grind to a halt at 2.4% to $36.6b in September

Trade tensions and typhoon Mangkhut were a double whammy.

Hong Kong is Asia's second most sustainable city

Growing air pollution and housing affordability, however, cloud its outlook.

Hong Kong still trails behind Singapore in ease of doing business

It ranks fourth whilst the Lion City nabbed second place.

Hong Kong drops to seventh place in APAC's most visited cities in 2017

There were 9.03 million international overnight visitors.

Goldman Sachs unveils funds for retail investors

It will tap on machine learning and data to analyse stocks.

Commercial property transaction volumes plummeted 65% in Q3 as rattled Chinese investors retreat

Locals took charge but failed to plug the gap left by Mainland counterparts.

Will Hong Kong bid nano flats goodbye amidst intensified public housing push?

Developers may start building larger projects sized between 400 to 600 sqft.

Hong Kong bourse turns to blockchain to boost Chinese share trading

It aims to boost information sharing on northbound trades.

Singapore beats Hong Kong in Asia's open banking readiness rankings

The SAR still needs to work on extending APIs for banking needs.