Hong Kong
Bank loan growth may halve to measly 3% in December
The steep decline is partially due to higher interest rate environment.
Bank loan growth may halve to measly 3% in December
The steep decline is partially due to higher interest rate environment.
All roads point to a correction for Hong Kong's weakening property market
New-home sales in October fell to its lowest level in 16 months.
Asia's ultra wealthy stoke Hong Kong and Singapore's family office boom
The number of newly built offices may have grown 15% in first three quarters of 2018.
Blockchain-powered trade finance platform goes live
eTradeConnect will digitise the paper-intensive process.
Hong Kong unveils rules in bid to tame crypto assets
Fund managers will need to meet licensing conditions.
Retail sales grind to a halt at 2.4% to $36.6b in September
Trade tensions and typhoon Mangkhut were a double whammy.
Hong Kong is Asia's second most sustainable city
Growing air pollution and housing affordability, however, cloud its outlook.
Hong Kong still trails behind Singapore in ease of doing business
It ranks fourth whilst the Lion City nabbed second place.
Bank of East Asia debuts trade finance services on blockchain-powered platform
It will be available on eTradeConnect.
Hong Kong drops to seventh place in APAC's most visited cities in 2017
There were 9.03 million international overnight visitors.
Goldman Sachs unveils funds for retail investors
It will tap on machine learning and data to analyse stocks.
Commercial property transaction volumes plummeted 65% in Q3 as rattled Chinese investors retreat
Locals took charge but failed to plug the gap left by Mainland counterparts.
Will Hong Kong bid nano flats goodbye amidst intensified public housing push?
Developers may start building larger projects sized between 400 to 600 sqft.
Hong Kong bourse turns to blockchain to boost Chinese share trading
It aims to boost information sharing on northbound trades.
Singapore beats Hong Kong in Asia's open banking readiness rankings
The SAR still needs to work on extending APIs for banking needs.
Singapore's luxury home market dislodges weakening Hong Kong in Q3
Posh home prices in Singapore rose 13% whilst Hong Kong’s ground to a halt at 5.5%.
One-way permit scheme beefed up workforce by 700,000 employees
Around 400,000 workers came via the scheme whilst 300,000 were the migrating Mainland spouses.
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