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Hong Kong ranks as 28th best startup ecosystem

Hong Kong ranks as 28th best startup ecosystem

Its open approach to the Internet and entrepreneurship makes it an asset for the Chinese ecosystem.

Hopewell Holdings to delist from Hong Kong bourse

It will be removed after market close on 17 April.

Hong Kong beats Japan as world's third largest bourse

The Hang Seng Index climbed 17% whilst the bourse's market cap hit US$5.78t.

Hang Seng Industry Classification System to revamp stock classification

It will sort stocks into 12 industries, 31 sectors, and 94 subsectors to reflect developments in Hong Kong and Chinese markets.

Hong Kong clinched $21.19b across 35 IPOs in Q1 2019

The industrials sector received the highest number of IPOs with seven deals with a total of US$263m.

Real estate investment volumes jumped 16% to $399.8m in 2018: report

Hong Kong's growth placed it as the ninth largest source of real estate investments globally.

A fourth of Hong Kong firms invested over US$1m in digital transformation in 2018: research

Over a third said total spending on technology may grow more than 10% in the next three years.

UK data centre operator Global Switch mulls Hong Kong IPO

It chose CLSA, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase & Co., and Morgan Stanley to be the arrangers.

Poll: 67% of Hong Kong and Singapore investors plan to invest in Chinese onshore bonds in 2019

Sentiment was driven by the upcoming Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate Index inclusion in April 2019.

Fintech investments crashed 65.6% to US$188m in 2018

However, the number of deals picked up 27% as deals diversified.

Hong Kong VC and tech deals go bigger as quality focus intensifies

SenseTime and Tinklabs closed billion-dollar funding rounds.

Family offices spar with VCs for Hong Kong's promising startups

One family office has devoted 15% of US$70m capital into tech investments.

Movie ticketing app Maoyan opens flat on debut

It closed at $14.64 from an IPO of $14.8.

Hong Kong M&A activity slumped in 2018

Mergers and acquisitions deals fell to 1,050 transactions with a combined value of US$87.93b in 2018, down from 1,252 transactions with a combined...