Markets & Investing

284 companies invested in Hong Kong in 2010

Invest Hong Kong beat its annual target for the number of completed projects for the 10th year in a row.

SEHK lists Telefield on Main Board

Telefield is offering 100,000,000 shares worth between HK$1.01 and HK$1.35 per share that commenced on Friday.

Registered companies up 28% in 2010

A record high of 139,530 local companies registered with the Companies Registry last year.

World Bank issues first Chinese renminbi bond in HK

The lender has provided Hong Kong with another strong endorsement of its renminbi bond market as the latter continues to develop itself as a key...

2010 Hong Kong IPO fund-raising size achieves HK$445bn record

SMEs lead in 2011 as they want to take the opportunity to secure investment funds from a HK listing to expand their business.

Exchange fund foreign assets up $111.8 bln in November

The Exchange Fund's foreign assets grew to reach $2.3914 trillion.

ShangPharma appoints J.P. Morgan as depository bank

ShangPharma issued 5.8 million ADSs at $15 per ADS.

CITIC Securities and Crédit Agricole to form global brokerage platform and investment bank

Cooperation aimed to improve leverage of Crédit Agricole CIB activities and client relationships globally and CITICS leadership in China.

Martin Wheatley to quit Securities and Futures Commission

Wheatley has been cited for his zealous efforts in building up Hong Kong's strong regulatory structure amid global financial crisis.

Hong Kong Stock Exchange dominates global IPO markets

The HKEx has raised in the first 11 months of 2010 US$ 61.2 billion in 74 IPOs or 24% of the total global IPO value so far.

How are CFO’s responding to cash-flow problems?

Estella Ng, CFO of Country Garden Holdings, which operates residential property development and hotels in China, found that new government...

Central government to issue RMB8bln sovereign bonds

The issuance is expected to further develop offshore renminbi business by enlarging the scale of the renminbi bond market in Hong Kong.

ICAP Adds Hong Kong LME Desk

ICAP plc. expanded its base metals broking business with the addition of an LME desk in Hong Kong. ICAP also announced it has hired Jason Dobson to...

HSBC launches real-time online retail bond trading platform in HK

The platform offers wide range of bonds and CDs with subscription amount as low as HK$50,000.

Asian asset managers list 2 new Hang Seng China Enterprises Index-linked funds

Harvest Fund Management and Nikko Asset Management issue H-Shares Index funds in Shenzhen and Tokyo bourses respectively.

Evergreen mulls raising $140mln in HK IPO

The company joins the slew of IPOs in Hong Kong.