CK Hutchison Holdings’ controversial US$23 billion deal to sell 43 overseas ports – including two at the Panama Canal – will not be completed this year, group co-managing director Frank Sixt said in a post-results briefing on Thursday. Sixt updated analysts about the progress of the proposed sale after the company posted a 92 per…
Hong Kong-based OSL Group, the city’s first listed and licensed virtual-asset trading platform, sees optimism rise in the local market as the stablecoin law comes into effect this Friday. That assessment was made by Gary Tiu, executive director and head of regulatory affairs at OSL, at a symposium on Thursday about Hong Kong’s stablecoin era….
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) is likely to issue the first batch of stablecoin licences early next year, as the city’s de-facto central bank urged potential issuers to submit their applications by the end of September. Ahead of the stablecoin ordinance taking effect on August 1, the HKMA unveiled on Tuesday licensing procedures and…
Aggressive pricing, shrewd tax engineering and a trusted local partner have propelled China’s BYD to a commanding position in Sri Lanka’s electric vehicle and hybrid market, disrupting a sector long constrained by import restrictions and setting the stage for dramatic expansion. Sri Lanka’s car market, starved of new imports for nearly five years under a…
The worldwide financial system needs to rewrite its rules for a future of tokens, as the rise of stablecoins poses new challenges to the global infrastructure for instant payment, clearing and settlement, according to the gatekeeper of the world’s central banks. Stablecoins, which are digital tokens backed by fiat currencies or other reserve assets, could…
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) stepped into the foreign-exchange market on Friday for the fifth time in two weeks, scooping up the local currency and increasing overnight lending costs to drive away carry traders who have sought to take advantage of the city’s rate gap with the US dollar. The city’s de facto central…
Indian equity indices are expected to open on a positive note following mixed global cues. The Asian indices were mixed in morning trade. The GIFT Nifty was trading 0.15% higher at 25,532. Here are key global cues to watch before the market opens that include crude oil prices, FII and DII data, business groups that…
Issuing a stablecoin pegged to the offshore yuan in Hong Kong may be more feasible than in mainland China due to the latter’s capital controls, a central bank adviser has said. The comments from Huang Yiping, also dean of Peking University’s National School of Development, came as worries arise in Beijing’s policy circles that Washington…
Hong Kong’s approved mortgage loans surged to a one-year high in May as more homebuyers sought to refinance their existing loans amid lower bank rates, according to data from the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA). Banks approved HK$26.6 billion (US$3.39 billion) worth of loans in May, a 5.3 per cent rise from a month earlier,…
Hong Kong’s approved mortgage loans surged to a one-year high in May as more homebuyers sought to refinance their existing loans amid lower bank rates, according to data from the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA). Banks approved HK$26.6 billion (US$3.39 billion) worth of loans in May, a 5.3 per cent rise from a month earlier,…