A blistering recovery in Hong Kong’s initial public offering (IPO) market this year has delivered a bonanza for investors, with returns above 30 per cent bucking a sluggish economy and languid property market. Holding new shares from the 34 companies that have pulled off offerings in 2025 would generate an average return of 34 per…
Eve Energy, China’s fifth-largest producer of electric vehicle (EV) batteries, plans to raise fresh capital on the Hong Kong stock exchange, following the lead of its bigger rival Contemporary Amperex Technology (CATL) as international investors show a growing appetite for the country’s industrial gems. The Shenzhen-listed company said on Tuesday that its board had endorsed…
The London Metal Exchange (LME) has approved four warehouse facilities in Hong Kong, extending its global network to the doorstep of mainland China, the world’s largest consumer of metals. The new facilities would be able to begin storing seven of the 14 LME-approved metals within three months, the exchange said in a statement on Tuesday….
Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEX), which operates Asia’s third-largest stock exchange, reported record annual profit on higher market turnover and a surge in new listings amid a market rally that started in September. Net profit in 2024 increased 10 per cent to HK$13 billion (US$1.7 billion), or HK$10.32 per share, the company said in…
Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEX), which operates Asia’s third-largest stock exchange, reported record annual profit on higher market turnover and a surge in new listings amid a market rally that started in September. Net profit in 2024 increased 10 per cent to HK$13 billion (US$1.7 billion), or HK$10.32 per share, compared with HK$11.9 billion…
Global investors are “massively underinvested” in China, and as an exporter of capital and technology, the country will continue to create new business opportunities in Southeast Asia despite deglobalisation, panellists said at a South China Morning Post conference on Monday. “The world is waking up to the fact that China’s [technological] advancement is really spectacular,…
Some 250 listed companies in Hong Kong have yet to add at least one woman to their boards even as a deadline to comply with the exchange’s rules is only a month away, according to the Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEX). “The deadline is the end of this year, so the next few weeks…