Markets & Investing

HKEX unveils plan to expand listing regime

HKEX unveils plan to expand listing regime

Pre-profit biotech companies are amongst those who will benefit from the expansion.

New tech listings failed to buoy Hong Kong's IPO market to top spot

Total proceeds are forecasted at $130b, its lowest since 2012.

Hong Kong boosts IP regime in bid to become Asia's IP trading hub

An original grant patent system is in the pipeline to support novel IT ideas.

HKEX unveils ID model for investors in northbound trading

It plans to identify orders at the client level for market monitoring purposes.

HKEX opens office in Singapore

It will be its first overseas office.

Hong Kong is the most attractive country for IPOs

It scored 9.1 out of 10 in terms of transaction attractiveness.

One in two CEOs expect to increase domestic investment spending

But this is still lower than the global average of 58%.

Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing's profits up 32% to $2b in Q3

The increase in operating expenses was offset by IT cost savings.

Hong Kongers too optimistic on investment returns

They expect to make an average annual return of 9%.

Mainland China, Hong Kong startups clinch 41% of global 'proptech' investments

The combined funding value hit $3.03b across 34 deals so far.

China Evergrande to raise $12.34b from selling equity stake

Investors will acquire a 14.11% stake in Hengda Real Estate.

Hong Kong is the fourth country with the most failed M&A deals

Deal failure rate between 1992 and 2016 hit 8.6%.

Hong Kong to roll out investor IDs by mid-2018

It will allow regulators to see who's trading listed stocks.

Seven in 10 Hong Kongers lose money on bad investments

Only 9% read important financial documents during research.

Mainland investors poured in US$1.6b investments in Hong Kong

This is almost 70% of all cross-border investments in the city.