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Local officials petition lenders for refinancing on sidelines of annual political gathering in Beijing
...Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing reported a 13 per cent year-on-year drop in first-quarter profits amid an extended downturn in the city’s stock markets and a slowdown in initial public offerings....
...The device marks the latest chapter in the company’s comeback in the domestic smartphone market, write Nikkei Asia’s Cheng Ting-Fang and Lauly Li....
Huge bullish bets on Shanghai exchanges show growing clout of Asian traders in market for precious metal
Shifting US interest rate expectations put pressure on Japan’s yen and China’s renminbi
Tokyo and Seoul voice ‘serious concerns’ after currencies hit by shift in interest rate expectations
Rating agency voices concern as Beijing transitions from property-led growth model
...China’s Everbright Bank missed profit estimates due to investment losses and an increase in cash set aside for souring property loans, sending shares of the regional lender almost 13 per cent lower in Hong...
Swiss company’s initial public offering would have been China’s largest in years
...“Quants in general make money by exploiting market anomalies,” said Wang Qi, chief investment officer for wealth management at UOB Kay Hian in Hong Kong....
Bid for Credit Suisse’s China securities unit puts spotlight on expansion plans after Beijing’s tech crackdown
...Hello everyone, this is Cissy from Hong Kong....
...To coincide with Art Basel Hong Kong, Charlotte Lin and Cusson Cheng, both under 30, will officially open their new gallery, Podium....
...Shares in Hong Kong posted their biggest daily gains this year following a call from China’s premier for “forceful” state support to halt a punishing market rout....
...Vanke’s Hong Kong-listed shares are down 53 per cent over the past 12 months. There are signs that the company is taking steps to shore up its finances....
...Additional reporting by Cheng Leng in Hong Kong...
...Taiwan’s president-elect Lai Ching-te on Wednesday picked Cho Jung-tai, a former chair of his Democratic Progressive party, as his premier....
The president has won praise for ending a credit boom, but trading partners now fear a flood of cheap exports
World’s second-largest economy struggles to recover as investors seek higher yields
...quant funds will be required to report their investment strategies to regulators before they begin trading, according to the announcement, and this will also apply to offshore quants trading shares through Hong...
...PwC, the auditors of the company’s accounts in Hong Kong, resigned the same year and is the subject of an investigation by Hong Kong’s audit regulator....
Beijing clamps down on province-level infrastructure spending even as it tries to stimulate economy
...Stock markets in Hong Kong and China were muted in response to the rate cut. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index fell as much as 0.6 per cent before paring losses to be up 0.3 per cent....
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