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Hong Kong’s rapidly expanding private-wealth industry is competing for professionals. Photo: Reuters

China Business

HKU Business School launches academy to train wealth management talent

Cross-border wealth in Hong Kong reached US$2.95 trillion in 2025, compared with Switzerland’s US$2.94 trillion, according to BCG.

Record US$1.3 trillion pours into Hong Kong investment products

Hong Kong gaining lustre as bridge to China’s tech sector: HKEX CEO

China Business

More Chinese developers of brain-computer interfaces move towards IPOs

Arfysica and Neuracle aim for Star Market listings amid what a Morgan Stanley analyst calls the ‘early stage of a multi-year IPO upcycle’.

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The firms join a broader trend of hi-tech firms flocking to the Shanghai Stock Exchange’s Nasdaq-style Star Market. Photo: Xinhua
The firms join a broader trend of hi-tech firms flocking to the Shanghai Stock Exchange’s Nasdaq-style Star Market. Photo: Xinhua

Banking & Finance

To lure long-term capital, Hong Kong financial council calls for MPF expansion

Official think tank urges broader retirement-fund investments, more mainland institutional capital and reforms to boost listings, bonds and corporate restructuring.

China Business

Hong Kong stocks face double threat: US inflation and a stronger yen

Investors are bracing for higher borrowing costs and further volatility as US and Japanese rate expectations shift.

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Hong Kong celebrity Jeffrey Ngai splashes out on US$16,000 rental home

The singer and actor recently moved into a Mid-Levels duplex near his friend, singer Tyson Yoshi, market sources say.

Jeffrey Ngai's market value rivals that of Hong Kong boy band Mirror, according to entertainment industry insiders. Photo: Instagram/jeffreyngai
Jeffrey Ngai's market value rivals that of Hong Kong boy band Mirror, according to entertainment industry insiders. Photo: Instagram/jeffreyngai

Business

Foreign, mainland students head to Hong Kong for study, sparking property demand

City to attract around 200,000 extra students, requiring international schools, university campuses to expand, as incentives lure wealthy migrants.

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China Business

Labubu meets LVMH: Pop Mart to open its first European flagship store in Paris

With Pop Mart’s overseas revenue share slipping in 2026, the firm remains focused on boosting international retail presence.

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Tech Trends

China’s Xiaomi unveils folding phone in race with Apple, Huawei

Introduction comes on same day as Huawei launches its latest foldable, with Apple expected to enter the fray on Wednesday.

Xiaomi’s 18 Fold uses the company’s latest Xring O3 system-on-chip. Photo: Handout

Business

Banks’ reluctance to lend deepening Hong Kong shop slump: landlords

Pressing owners to repay loans amid falling values while turning away new buyers could prolong wider economic drag, advocacy group says.

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Pedestrians walk past a vacant retail shop plastered with “for lease” posters on Gloucester Road in Causeway Bay on September 6. Photo: Karma Lo
Pedestrians walk past a vacant retail shop plastered with “for lease” posters on Gloucester Road in Causeway Bay on September 6. Photo: Karma Lo

China Business

Market squeeze: Tesla revives China price cuts to stem slumping deliveries

The discounts underscore Tesla’s sliding output and fading demand, as analysts warn of intensifying EV price battles.

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China Economy

China’s capital injection a first step to easing financial strains: analysts

Capital boost strengthens buffers of financial institutions, but stronger fiscal support is needed to reignite credit demand, observers say.

Banking & Finance

China’s capital injection steels banks, insurers for rough road ahead

US$54 billion recapitalisation comes amid squeeze on commercial banks’ earnings and push for insurers to bolster the liquidity of Chinese stock markets.

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Business

Chinese firms’ green-tech expansion hinges on Hong Kong: bankers

Offshore yuan liquidity makes city a ‘superconnector’, but finding projects with strong returns is now the challenge, senior bankers say.

A view of Hong Kong Island from the waterfront of West Kowloon Cultural District on September 7, 2026. Photo: Sam Tsang
A view of Hong Kong Island from the waterfront of West Kowloon Cultural District on September 7, 2026. Photo: Sam Tsang

Banking & Finance

China’s brokers expected to continue robust performance with mega IPO offering

Active A-share market trading boosts investment firms’ top line by 50%, as mega IPOs predicted to fuel underwriting and sponsorship growth.

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China EVs

Why are EV battery makers’ profits nearly double that of industry’s carmakers?

Leading electric vehicle battery makers’ profits by far outpace the industry’s carmakers in first half.

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China Business

China’s drug makers are speeding up – will AI be their secret weapon?

Chinese biotech firms are striking big global deals as drug makers, but could artificial intelligence take them to the next level?

Illustration by Henry Wong
Illustration by Henry Wong

Markets

Can Hong Kong’s listing reform 2.0 win over innovative firms?

The reforms enhance the city’s appeal for AI, biotech and other firms by slashing the market cap threshold and enabling confidential filings.

Big Tech

Competition or ‘co-opetition’: how is convergence shaping Sino-US AI race?

Speech by CEO of Chinese AI start-up at Nvidia event in US highlights symbiotic nature of tech relationship despite geopolitical tensions.

China EVs

How China’s EV makers think they can outrun disastrous price wars

At Beijing’s urging, an industry largely built on discounting must hold the line on prices and convince buyers to pay for better technology.

Illustration: Lau Ka-kuen
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