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Banking & finance

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

Banking & finance

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

China stock market

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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Chinese brokers recorded a robust start to 2026, delivering strong profits in the first half of the year. Photo: Reuters
Chinese brokers recorded a robust start to 2026, delivering strong profits in the first half of the year. Photo: Reuters
Commodities

Bullish chorus grows: Wall Street backs gold despite US job growth, hawkish Fed

Record buying spree by central banks offsets Fed tightening fears, pushing gold towards US$5,000 by year-end, investment banks forecast.

Banking & finance

Transition boost: new platform funds emerging-market clean energy upgrades

World may need up to US$20 trillion over five to eight years to build or upgrade renewable energy facilities, HSBC executive says.

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Banking & finance

Hong Kong has yuan to spare. Can it create more global demand?

Regulators want banks to channel more offshore yuan into global markets, as the city pushes to deepen the currency’s role in international finance.

Hong Kong regulators are seeking to expand use of the city’s growing pool of offshore yuan liquidity in global markets. Photo: Getty Images
Hong Kong regulators are seeking to expand use of the city’s growing pool of offshore yuan liquidity in global markets. Photo: Getty Images
Business of climate change

Green lift: Hong Kong widens finance taxonomy to spur transition capital

As Green Week kicks off, the HKMA expands its finance taxonomy to channel capital into projects that build climate resilience.

Banking & finance

China pumps massive US$54b into insurers, banks in financial powerhouse push

The rare capital boost of such magnitude seeks to shore up insurers and banks as solvency pressures mount and regulatory demands loom.

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International Property

Which property markets will be the winners and losers if Fed raises US rates?

Fed chairman’s focus on inflation at meeting last month has heightened expectations of monetary tightening.

Real estate agents’ signs at a sold home and homes for sale in London last month. Photo: EPA
Banking & finance

Gotta monetise ’em all: inside Hong Kong’s red-hot Pokemon card trading market

Hong Kong has evolved into a global centre for the booming Pokemon card trading market, with rare collectibles traded via tokenised funds.

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Visitors browse rare Pokemon cards at the Grade 10 Festival in Hong Kong, which featured a Van Gogh-inspired Pikachu card wall valued at HK$5 million. Photo: Karma Lo
Visitors browse rare Pokemon cards at the Grade 10 Festival in Hong Kong, which featured a Van Gogh-inspired Pikachu card wall valued at HK$5 million. Photo: Karma Lo
Banking & finance

Hong Kong’s Silver Bonds draw record 480,000 bids with higher interest rate

Hong Kong is expected to raise the final issuance to the upper limit of HK$55 billion, as applications from elderly investors have surged.

Gold in Hong Kong

How Hong Kong can cash in as reserve managers rethink where to store gold

City in race to lure bullion custody as geopolitical risks intensify scrutiny of gold storage, Goldman Sachs report says.

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IPO

China’s AI ‘little giant’ Yunxi Technology files for Hong Kong IPO: sources

The confidential filing could see the hi-tech provider listed in Hong Kong by year-end.

Guangzhou-based company Yunxi Technology’s official logo. Photo: Handout
Banking & finance

Hong Kong poised to pass New York, London as top finance hub in GFCI

‘It’s going to happen,’ creator of Global Financial Centres Index says, as long as city maintains openness and predictability.

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Hong Kong’s eventual rise to the top of the GFCI ranking hinges on it continuing to “treat everybody fairly”, ranking creator says. Photo: Jelly Tse
Hong Kong’s eventual rise to the top of the GFCI ranking hinges on it continuing to “treat everybody fairly”, ranking creator says. Photo: Jelly Tse
Banking & finance

Hong Kong regulator reclassifies certain funds with exposure to private markets

The industry has increasingly focused on the risks of what was previously a booming private credit industry.

Wealth management

More than 4 in 5 young mainland Chinese investors turn to offshore assets: study

Affluent investors are using exposure to the assets for returns and to manage risk.

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Commodities

Why younger investors worldwide are stashing physical gold despite price swings

Gen Z buyers are driving demand for bullion, spurred by geopolitical tensions, inflation and the appeal of owning gold outright.

Gold is no longer seen purely as an investment for older or wealthy investors, according to traders. Photo: dpa
Gold is no longer seen purely as an investment for older or wealthy investors, according to traders. Photo: dpa
IPO

Why Philippine chain Jollibee chose Hong Kong over New York to list spin-off

Company’s plan to list international arm in Hong Kong underscores city’s IPO diversification drive.

China stock market

China’s pension fund doubles offshore investments to record high

Hong Kong market to benefit as lower growth and interest rates make it harder for fund to ‘rely solely on domestic assets’, analyst says.

China stock market

What tech-driven company earnings say about China’s diverging growth paths

AI demand and local chip substitution spark boom for tech firms, leaving traditional industries far behind.

Earnings for firms on the Star Market in Shanghai and the ChiNext board in Shenzhen soared in the first half. Photo: AFP
IPO

Shein slips on Hong Kong debut amid fast-fashion challenges

Fast-fashion company’s shares dropped as much as 10 per cent on the first day of trading after Hong Kong’s fourth-biggest IPO this year.

Photo: AFP
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China technology

Global investors flock to China’s Shenzhen to ride wave of AI and robotics

Major banks such as HSBC and UBS host thousands of executives in southern tech hub this week to connect foreign capital with domestic firms.

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China stock market

Why foreign inflows into China A shares could slow after record surge

Overseas capital in yuan-traded Chinese stocks faces cooling, as tech sentiment, US yields and yuan strength steer the next phase.

Banking & finance

Citi boosts headcount, Invesco names new executive in Asia expansion

US financial firms Citigroup and Invesco are continuing to expand in Asia even amid geopolitical uncertainties.

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A Citibank building in New York. Photo: AP
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