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Top bankers and regulators took part in The Community Chest HKEX Gong Run on Sunday. Photo: Jonathan Wong
Banking & finance

JPMorgan, DBS, Standard Chartered bosses swap deals for sneakers in charity run

Chairmen and CEOs join regulators and financiers in The Community Chest HKEX Gong Run to raise US$1.2 million.

Hong Kong property

As Hong Kong retail sales recover, can landlords follow with higher shop rents?

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Hong Kong economy

Gold fever hits Hong Kong as investors hedge against inflation amid record rally

Banking & finance

Hong Kong banks battle for wealthy mainland clients during ‘golden week’ holiday

Hong Kong authorities estimate that as many as 1.54 million mainland visitors will cross the border during the eight-day holiday.

HSBC has also arranged a cocktail reception with internationally renowned Hong Kong actor Tony Leung, as part of a bank card product launch during the holiday. Photo: Handout
Hong Kong property

Hong Kong’s ‘Cassette King’ offers to sell luxury property to pare debt

David Chan plans to sell a three-storey mansion at 51 Mount Davis Road on Hong Kong Island to repay debt, he says in a phone interview.

Hong Kong property

Rebound in Hong Kong’s home prices unlikely to come this year: analysts

Analysts say a supply overhang in the city’s residential real estate market is likely to loom this year and next.

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Hong Kong property

Hong Kong home market on brink of turnaround, Morgan Stanley says

‘The decline in prices is behind us,’ and the upcycle could last five years, bank’s property research head says.

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A general view of Hong Kong’s Cheung Sha Wan area on May 28, 2025. Photo: Eugene Lee
Banking & finance

Exclusive | DBS Hong Kong hiring wealth managers as investors’ risk appetite grows

The subsidiary of the Singapore bank plans to hire 100 bankers and open a new wealth-management centre.

Hong Kong economy

Hong Kong economy grows by stronger-than-expected 3.1% in first quarter

Downside risks surrounding global economy have heightened visibly, government spokesman warns.

Banking & finance

Banks lure new wealthy clients with Liverpool, Jay Chou tickets in golden week push

Banks target growing pool of wealthy mainland Chinese visitors to Hong Kong during May 1-5 golden week holiday.

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A billboard of Jay Chou’s upcoming Hong Kong concert. Photo: Elson Li
Banking & finance

Hong Kong SMEs want funding support amid mounting costs, survey finds

More than half of the businesses surveyed by DBS hope the financial secretary will reveal some support for them in his budget address.

People walk past businesses on Russel Street in Causeway Bay on September 26, 2024. Photo: Sun Yeung
Hong Kong property

Hong Kong’s NWD to launch second State Pavilia offering after weekend sell-out

Developer to put an additional 88 units up for sale ‘in response to the market’s needs’.

Banking & finance

From fireworks to cash, Hong Kong banks vie for mainland new year visitors

With 1.43 million mainlanders expected during the ‘golden week’, the city’s lenders prepare a slew of enticements.

Hong Kong property

Hong Kong developer cuts prices in Shau Kei Wan project amid oversupply

New price list takes average price in the district to the lowest level since September 2016 for primary launches: Midland Realty data.

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Oria, a 23-storey residential project in Shau Kei Wan developed by Hip Shing Hong (Holdings). Photo: Handout
Hong Kong property

The Center sale came at a peak and now buyers struggle to exit

Take a look inside The Center, which was the world’s most expensive skyscraper when it was shrewdly sold by the city’s wealthiest man.

Illustration: Henry Wong
Focus

Global CEOs see new hopes, old threats in Hong Kong vs Trump 2.0

‘People are leery of investing a lot of money in a country that is part of geopolitical tensions,’ Oaktree Capital’s Howard Marks says.

Hong Kong property

Exclusive | World’s largest hedge fund CIO buys HK$95 million home in Hong Kong

Bridgewater Associates’ co-CIO Bob Prince paid HK$95 million for a three-bedroom home at St. George’s Mansion in Ho Man Tin.

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Hong Kong property

China, Singapore key to Hongkong Land’s US$10 billion asset disposal goal

Analysts approve the developer’s ‘strategic pivot’, but caution that execution remains key to its success.

Hongkong Land, which is controlled by conglomerate Jardine Matheson, manages US$32 billion of investment properties. Photo: Shutterstock
Hong Kong property

DBS buys entire 75th floor in The Center in bullish sign for office market

The latest purchase from ‘Cassette King’ Chan increases DBS’s ownership to 11 floors in what was once the world’s most expensive tower.

Hong Kong property

Hong Kong sees busiest market since May as DBS, HSBC bosses buy luxury homes

Total transactions in Hong Kong’s property market could end the year with the highest volume since 2021, Centaline forecasts.

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Hong Kong property

Hey big spender! Hong Kong transacts 3 luxury homes in a week

Two big deals recorded in Mid-Levels, another one on the books in Happy Valley.

Grenville House in Mid-Levels. Photo: Winson Wong
China GDP

IMF lowers China GDP forecast on property, consumer confidence despite stimulus

China’s economy is projected to grow by 4.8 per cent this year, the International Monetary Fund said in its World Economic Outlook.

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Last week, China said its economy grew by 4.6 per cent in the third quarter compared to a year earlier. Photo: AP
Banking & finance

Hong Kong banks lure mainland clients with special incentives during golden week

Hong Kong banks are pulling out all the stops to attract mainland tourists, offering everything from fireworks dinners to golf with famous players.

Hong Kong property

Hong Kong’s cassette tycoon sells The Center space to DBS at discount

Singapore’s largest banking group paid HK$700 million, or about HK$26,000 per square foot, for the 66th floor of The Center building in Sheung Wan.

Banking & finance

HSBC, Hong Kong peers pledge to support SMEs amid financing struggles

Fourteen banks active in lending to the city’s small businesses have pledged to step up lending efforts to support their financing needs.

Hong Kong’s financial district in Central, seen from Victoria Harbour in August 2024. Photo: Edmond So
Banking & finance

HKMA fines DBS Hong Kong US$1.28 million after money-laundering investigation

The bank failed to conduct enhanced due diligence in high-risk situations in periods between April 2012 and April 2019, the HKMA says.

Pedestrians pass a DBS branch in Hong Kong in September 2020. Photo: Getty Images
Banking & finance

Hong Kong banks to tap city’s Golden Week visitors drawn by residency scheme

Mainland China visitors to Hong Kong during the golden week holiday period will be offered a host of freebies by banks vying for their business amid growing interest in the city’s cash-for-residency scheme.

From our archives

When a Hong Kong bank crushed safe deposit boxes that hadn’t been emptied

A Hong Kong branch of DBS bank, being renovated in 2004, sent old safe deposit boxes to an industrial crusher, but 83 still contained customers’ items. The contents couldn’t be rescued and the bank had to pay out millions.

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