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Virtual bank data scientists are driving bank hiring

Employers are now looking for more data scientists and full stack developers for mobile and web applications that go beyond the traditional set of tech skills.

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Virtual bank data scientists are driving bank hiring

Employers are now looking for more data scientists and full stack developers for mobile and web applications that go beyond the traditional set of tech skills.

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How Manulife is breaking growth ceilings in rapidly ageing and costly Hong Kong

Customer satisfaction is quantified at Manulife which puts the customer at the centre of everything it does.

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How can local brands tug at Hong Kong consumers' heartstrings?

Only 7% of locals will choose homegrown brands over global ones, a study found. More people across the world have been putting their money to their homecourt with 56% saying that they trust local brands more than global brands in 2018, according to a study by advertising giant McCann. In APAC alone, local brand believers are a bit higher than the global average at 59%.

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Grade A office net absorption slumps to 139,500 sqft in June

Rents also fell 0.3% MoM to accelerate space backfilling.

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Office rents fall for first time in five years in Q2

Leasing costs fell 0.4% led by declines in Central and Wanchai/Causeway Bay.

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Hong Kong could raise up to $300b via IPOs in 2019

PwC predicts 200 public offerings in 2019, including 170 on the HKEX’s mainboard.

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Singapore overtakes Hong Kong as Asia-Pacific's top source for outbound capital in Q1

Cross-border capital in Hong Kong crashed 37% to US$11.14b.

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Home sales hit near-seven-year high in Q2

There were 10,128 sales and purchase agreements in April alone.

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Can Hong Kong's first smart city relieve pressure off of space-starved Central?

Citibank, AXA, JP Morgan and Nike are some of the big-ticket names that chose to settle in Kowloon.

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Is Hong Kong's residential market bottoming out?

Home prices in both the luxury and mass segment rebounded in Q1 2019.

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Hong Kong GDP growth to recover after bottoming out in Q1

Private consumption and investment growth will prop up the struggling economy.

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Hong Kong could be ideal data depository for Greater Bay Area: report

Its international positioning and robust data protection framework make it the ideal location for the region.

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Hong Kong ranks as 28th best startup ecosystem

Its open approach to the Internet and entrepreneurship makes it an asset for the Chinese ecosystem.

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Grade A office net absorption slumps to 167,100 sqft in Q1

Banks and co-working facilities hit the brakes on their expansion plans.

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Commercial real estate investment jumped 40% to $204.09b in 2018

Strong office investments offset sluggish retail and industrial investment volumes.

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Hong Kong clinched $21.19b across 35 IPOs in Q1 2019

The industrials sector received the highest number of IPOs with seven deals with a total of US$263m.

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Hong Kong's economy slumped 1.3% in Q4 2018: report

This was the slowest pace of GDP growth since 2016.

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