Hong Kong
Samling appoints Goh York Pooi as Chief Finance Officer
Goh will be responsible for the Group’s financial reporting, treasury, tax and financial planning and analysis.
Samling appoints Goh York Pooi as Chief Finance Officer
Goh will be responsible for the Group’s financial reporting, treasury, tax and financial planning and analysis.
CFA Institute launches Investment Career Guide for Asia Pacific
The publication provides an in-depth career and industry insights provided by CFA charterholders.
August retail sales up 29%
But volume of sales of furniture and fixtures fell 1.8%.
$100mn development fund open for applications
Fund seeks to enhance the standard of local professional services.
Gross insurance premiums surge 11% in 2010
General insurance business recorded 5.9% increase net premiums to $21.7bn.
64% of Hong Kong finance professionals feel job satisfaction
Ironically, they are the most pessimistic workers in the region, with 55% having a gloomy economic outlook.
China Rongsheng Heavy Industries strikes a shuttle tanker deal
The 75,000 DWT will be used in the energy projects of CNOOC.
Kingsoft appoints Shun Tak Wong as Chief Financial Officer
Wong resigned as an independent director to replace Donghui Wang.
Hong Kong’s equity capital markets plummet 27% to US$37.6b in 2011
Morgan Stanley is the top bookrunner in Hong Kong, with total proceeds of US$7.2 b so far, increading its market share by 6%.
PineBridge Investments appoints Desmond Tjiang as managing director
He will also be portfolion manager for Greater China and Hong Kong.
Hong Kong’s Exchange Fund assets plunge $38b in August
The Monetary Authority announced that total assets of the Exchange Fund amounted to a whopping $2.45t at the end of the month.
Fancy some wine? Apparently not
For the first time in almost 20 sales Sotheby’s was left with one bottle too many of Chateau Lafite Rothschild after failing to attract buyers.
Expired index futures contracts to be settled on 30 September
That is if they expired on 29 September and could not be settled due to market closure.
Trading resumes in Hong Kong
Typhoon Nesat, which made Hong Kong issue the highest storm warning in two years, caused the stock exchange to halt trading on 29 September 2011.
Why not make that runway our office lobby?
The idle Kai Tak Airport, being tapped for housing, could be redeveloped to add as much as 40 million square feet of prime offices by 2021.
CapitaMalls Asia’s Hong Kong shares to begin trade in October
It sought the secondary listing to support plans to expand in China.
Dr Eddy Fong stays as Securities & Futures Commission chief
Financial Secretary John Tsang believes in Fong’s capacity to lead the commission.