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Hong Kong art scene faces competition

Whilst Hong Kong is rightly placed for the market-driven influx, the art scene may be reaching a saturation point.

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Hong Kong art scene faces competition

Whilst Hong Kong is rightly placed for the market-driven influx, the art scene may be reaching a saturation point.

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Hong Kong flops to 47th spot in luxury home price gains in 2018

The stock market rout slashed the growth of posh property prices to just 1.8%.

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Fintech investments crashed 65.6% to US$188m in 2018

However, the number of deals picked up 27% as deals diversified.

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Hong Kong VC and tech deals go bigger as quality focus intensifies

SenseTime and Tinklabs closed billion-dollar funding rounds.

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Family offices spar with VCs for Hong Kong's promising startups

One family office has devoted 15% of US$70m capital into tech investments.

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Retail sales growth falls to 18-month low at $44.9b in December

Buying sentiment remained cautious.

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Investors pool cash into data centres and co-living as alternative assets shine

The protracted trade dispute has dimmed outlook for traditional real estate.

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Can data centres prop up Hong Kong's slowing industrial sector?

Undaunted by trade jitters, operators are actively expanding in Tseung Kwan O.

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Commercial investment market spirals downward as office and prime street shops take heavy hit

Office rents will slow to 2-4% growth in 2019 from 8-10% expansion in the previous year.

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Up to 4% salary hike awaits tech workers in 2019

The demand will be driven in large part by fintech, as banks apply for their virtual banking licenses.

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Hong Kong's IPO haul may hit up to $230b in 2019

The city's crammed IPO pipeline features a little over 200 applicants.

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Hong Kong looks set to reclaim IPO crown with nearly US$300b haul in January-November

Proceeds from New York IPOs only hit US$205b as it settles for a tentative second place.

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Property sales plunge 48% in November

The total deal consideration was $43.3b.

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Here's why Wanchai offers a reprieve from Hong Kong's crowded CBD

The sub-district offers larger office spaces, affordable rent and good business amenities.

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Hong Kong beats Tokyo and Singapore to rank as Asia's top finance location

Its dominance, however, may be challenged by deepening trade tensions.

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Bull-run finally ends: Hong Kong home prices to fall 15% in 2019

The worst case scenario envisions residential property prices to crash by as much as 25%.

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Hong Kong's 28-month home price uptrend collapses in August

The two-year streak was broken after residential property prices fell 0.1%.

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