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Days of excess are over, investors warn founders
Days of excess are over, investors warn founders
Deal activity in Asia Pacific fell 26.3% YoY in 2023.
Foodtech, fintech emerge as bright spots in Hong Kong’s startup landscape
The city is home to over 600 fintech startups and more than 100 food tech firms.
Online retail investors shift to defensive assets amidst uncertainty
Active online investors in the retail space have declined to 840,000 from 900,000.
Hang Seng Indexes makes changes to industry classification system
Four new sub sectors have been established, for a total of 105 subsectors.
Hong Kong deal activity falls 28.3% YoY in the first 2 months of 2024
In the whole of APAC, deal volume declined by 19.6% YoY.
More SMEs in Hong Kong expect increased sales in 2024
In 2023, 63% of SMEs saw higher sales.
Gov’t mulls establishment of one-stop trade services window
Hong Kong wants to attract Mainland manufacturing to set up offices in the city.
HTX platform withdraws license application in Hong Kong
It withdrew three days after it lodged its application.
SFC begins legal proceedings vs ex-Ding Yi Feng chair for share manipulation
The share manipulation reportedly occurred between 1 March 2018- 14 September 2018.
HKIA issues $5b retail bonds at 4.25%
The bonds have a tenor of 2.5 years.
InvestHK assists over 300 overseas and Mainland firms in 2023
The expansions brought $61.6b in investment to HK's economy.
Exchange Fund gains $212.7b in 2023
Investment return was at 5.2%.
4 trends shaping GBA’s commercial real estate investment market
Total annual investment volume reaching RMB66.1b in 2023.
Property investments drop 28% YoY to $37b in 2023
2023 only saw 65 deals.
Hong Kong investors are amongst the most eager to divest assets in 2024
The 2024 net buying intention of Hong Kong was -11%.
Registered non-HK companies rise 2.02% YoY
There are 14,826 non-Hong Kong companies registered in the region by the end of 2023.
Why Hong Kong is an ideal destination for Middle East companies
Four sectors will benefit the most from a Hong Kong list.
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