Equity

4 Mar 2013

Just when investors thought it was safe to get back into equities, the euro-zone crisis returned with a vengeance last week, with Europe's benjchmark Euro Stoxx 50 dropping 3 per cent on February...

There's something about equities

25 Feb 2013

Happy days are here again for equity investors. That's the message from a growing number of folk in the investment business, and they are putting their money where their mouths are.

Snakes and ladders for the upcoming year

18 Feb 2013

Investors have much to ponder. Interest rates remain absurdly low. Hong Kong investors who bought high-yield bonds in record volumes now worry rising interest rates may devalue these assets.

Brightoil slumps 11pc after loss warning

18 Jan 2013

Brightoil Petroleum, which once attributed its previously above-industry profit margin to its "buy low, sell high" trading strategy, plunged 11.2 per cent yesterday after it warned it expected to...

What will the banks sell in 2013

7 Jan 2013

The new year has arrived and times are changing. There is less gloom about the euro zone, the United States steered clear of its fiscal cliff and the mainland economy seems to be spluttering back...

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Overall market volatility remains 'eerily low'

Nervous investors - and fund managers with monthly reports to write - can find any number of reasons to worry.

Late, and a few dollars short

Last week, I wrote about the delay in the launch of Shanghai Fosun Pharmaceutical's equity offering in Hong Kong.

Tycoon 'may be behind' breach of ATV share deal

There was a 'good arguable case' that a mainland tycoon who bought into ATV induced the station's former owner and his brother to breach a deal they had agreed with Taiwanese billionaire Tsai Eng-...

The many benefits of a trust

The basic concept of a trust is simple - it's a legal arrangement where someone referred to as the settlor, donor or grantor transfers legal title of their assets to an individual or institution,...

Trust law reform aims to bolster competitiveness

A planned modernisation of Hong Kong's antiquated trust law aims to allow the city to better attract wealthy individuals and companies who want to set up investment and estate planning vehicles....

Law change delay costs HK millions

Delays in modernising Hong Kong's trust ordinance could be losing the city millions of dollars in professional fees and services, according to the Hong Kong Trustees' Association.