Markets & Investing
Number of GEM stock debuts slashed following small-cap crackdown
Number of GEM stock debuts slashed following small-cap crackdown
New stocks rose 23% on the first trading day, down from 605% for the year through January 2017.
HKEX unveils plans to boost bourse's market infrastructure
The new securities trading system, which will launch in February, can support 60,000 transactions per second.
No way but up: HSI flies past 2007 record
The Hang Seng Index climbed 1.8% to 31,904.75.
Israel proposes to ease dual-listing with Hong Kong and Singapore
It facilitates the dual listing of Israeli companies in SGX and HKEX.
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 ranks third in prioritising further investment
They also prefer to invest rather than save.
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%.
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