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Unionized civil servants beat their balloon sticks during a rally to oppose the government’s overhaul of the public pension system near the National Assembly in Seoul on March 28, 2015. Photo: AP
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Korean banks hid risky China-linked notes to retirees, watchdog says

11 Mar 2024 - 12:18PM

The announcement follows a months-long investigation by the FSS into some of the nation’s most prominent retail lender and brokerages.

Unionized civil servants beat their balloon sticks during a rally to oppose the government’s overhaul of the public pension system near the National Assembly in Seoul on March 28, 2015. Photo: AP

Korean banks hid risky China-linked notes to retirees, watchdog says

The announcement follows a months-long investigation by the FSS into some of the nation’s most prominent retail lender and brokerages.

11 Mar 2024 - 12:18PM

Hong Kong’s biggest banks roll out new cross-border wealth management products

HSBC, Standard Chartered and Hang Seng Bank are rolling out more products tied to the Wealth Management Connect scheme amid a drive by Beijing to boost the Greater Bay Area’s financial markets.

26 Feb 2024 - 5:32PM

Alibaba, Li Ning lift Hang Seng to best gain in 2 weeks, Xpeng jumps on index bets

Stocks completed a weekly rally as the Year of the Dragon lived up to its early promise. Some hedge funds have turned bullish on Chinese tech leaders. Kuaishou, Xpeng, Swire Properties may join the Hang Seng Index at today’s review.

16 Feb 2024 - 4:52PM
Banks in Hong Kong including HSBC and Standard Chartered Bank are rolling out more products tied to the Wealth Management Connect scheme. Photo: Shutterstock

Hong Kong’s biggest banks roll out new cross-border wealth management products

HSBC, Standard Chartered and Hang Seng Bank are rolling out more products tied to the Wealth Management Connect scheme amid a drive by Beijing to boost the Greater Bay Area’s financial markets.

26 Feb 2024 - 5:32PM
Hong Kong stock market

Alibaba, Li Ning lift Hang Seng to best gain in 2 weeks, Xpeng jumps on index bets

Stocks completed a weekly rally as the Year of the Dragon lived up to its early promise. Some hedge funds have turned bullish on Chinese tech leaders. Kuaishou, Xpeng, Swire Properties may join the Hang Seng Index at today’s review.

Stocks completed a weekly rally as the Year of the Dragon lived up to its early promise. Some hedge funds have turned bullish on Chinese tech leaders. Kuaishou, Xpeng, Swire Properties may join the Hang Seng Index at today’s review.

16 Feb 2024 - 4:52PM
Hong Kong stock market

Chinese investors pour US$215 million into ETFs tracking Japanese stocks

Chinese investors have been piling billions of yuan into exchange-traded funds that track Japanese stocks, fuelling a bull run that has helped Tokyo’s benchmark index surpass its counterpart in Shanghai.

Chinese investors have been piling billions of yuan into exchange-traded funds that track Japanese stocks, fuelling a bull run that has helped Tokyo’s benchmark index surpass its counterpart in Shanghai.

12 Jan 2024 - 7:12PM

Standard Chartered taps global network to bring investment choices to China’s rich

Standard Chartered is expanding its role as an international service provider in mainland China, tapping its wealthy clients’ rising appetite for assets around the globe.

30 Jan 2024 - 10:09AM
Standard Chartered taps global network to bring investment choices to China’s rich

China mulls trading cost cuts for mutual funds, to regulate commissions

China’s securities regulator has published draft rules aimed at slashing trading commissions for mutual funds and addressing the conflict of interest between the securities trading and fund sales businesses of brokerages, the latest reform to the US$3.8 trillion mutual fund industry.

10 Dec 2023 - 3:40PM
China mulls trading cost cuts for mutual funds, to regulate commissions

Chinese investors pour US$215 million into ETFs tracking Japanese stocks

Chinese investors have been piling billions of yuan into exchange-traded funds that track Japanese stocks, fuelling a bull run that has helped Tokyo’s benchmark index surpass its counterpart in Shanghai.

12 Jan 2024 - 7:12PM

Standard Chartered taps global network to bring investment choices to China’s rich

Standard Chartered is expanding its role as an international service provider in mainland China, tapping its wealthy clients’ rising appetite for assets around the globe.

30 Jan 2024 - 10:09AM

China mulls trading cost cuts for mutual funds, to regulate commissions

China’s securities regulator has published draft rules aimed at slashing trading commissions for mutual funds and addressing the conflict of interest between the securities trading and fund sales businesses of brokerages, the latest reform to the US$3.8 trillion mutual fund industry.

10 Dec 2023 - 3:40PM

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China’s yuan is gaining status as a reserve currency

Opinion | China’s yuan is gaining status as a reserve currency

  • Central banks around the world are showing interest in increasing their foreign reserves in the Chinese yuan
17 Feb 2019 - 11:43PM

Opinion | Plot thickens for Abe’s third term in Japan

Shinzo Abe is poised to become Japan’s long serving prime minister on Thursday, a chance to fulfil his dream to revise the pacifist constitution. Yet Donald Trump’s trade war and slowing demand may get in the way, writes William Pesek.

Shinzo Abe is poised to become Japan’s long serving prime minister on Thursday, a chance to fulfil his dream to revise the pacifist constitution. Yet Donald Trump’s trade war and slowing demand may get in the way, writes William Pesek.

16 Sep 2018 - 7:10PM
Plot thickens for Abe’s third term in Japan