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China’s top PE firm seeks stronger ties with Middle East in hard tech, EVs

3 Oct 2023 - 5:00PM

Hermitage Capital is in talks with wealth funds and investment authorities to set up a Middle East private equity fund, senior executive says.

Digital City in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Photo: Natalie Wong

China’s top PE firm seeks stronger ties with Middle East in hard tech, EVs

Hermitage Capital is in talks with wealth funds and investment authorities to set up a Middle East private equity fund, senior executive says.

3 Oct 2023 - 5:00PM

HKEX’s Laura Cha vows tighter ESG disclosure, easier capital access for firms

At the Bund Summit in Shanghai on Saturday, HKEX chairwoman Laura Cha said the Hong Kong bourse will ensure that its climate-related disclosure rules are in line with the highest international standards.

24 Sep 2023 - 4:45AM

Analysis | China’s desperate stock investors await a stimulus ‘bazooka’

Many of mainland China’s 220 million retail investors are not convinced the government’s recent efforts aimed at reviving the stock market go far enough to set equities on a path to long-term recovery.

16 Sep 2023 - 10:00AM
Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing chairwoman Laura Cha Shih May-lung speaks at the Bund Summit in Shanghai on September 23, 2023. Photo: Handout

HKEX’s Laura Cha vows tighter ESG disclosure, easier capital access for firms

At the Bund Summit in Shanghai on Saturday, HKEX chairwoman Laura Cha said the Hong Kong bourse will ensure that its climate-related disclosure rules are in line with the highest international standards.

24 Sep 2023 - 4:45AM
China stock market

Analysis | China’s desperate stock investors await a stimulus ‘bazooka’

Many of mainland China’s 220 million retail investors are not convinced the government’s recent efforts aimed at reviving the stock market go far enough to set equities on a path to long-term recovery.

Many of mainland China’s 220 million retail investors are not convinced the government’s recent efforts aimed at reviving the stock market go far enough to set equities on a path to long-term recovery.

16 Sep 2023 - 10:00AM
China stock market

Chinese stocks set to bounce back as strong earnings revive confidence: analysts

Mainland stocks are likely to bounce back in the second half of the year as supportive government measures boost earnings and as valuations dented by economic pessimism bottom out, according to UBS Group and China Asset Management.

Mainland stocks are likely to bounce back in the second half of the year as supportive government measures boost earnings and as valuations dented by economic pessimism bottom out, according to UBS Group and China Asset Management.

26 Jul 2023 - 4:13PM

Hong Kong market’s gains cut short ahead of Fed interest rate decision

The Hang Seng Index fell after making handsome gains a day earlier, tracking losses in Japan and Korea, ahead of the Federal Reserve’s interest rate decision.

26 Jul 2023 - 5:01PM
Hong Kong market’s gains cut short ahead of Fed interest rate decision

Hang Seng jumps 4 per cent as Beijings aids best property rally in 18 months

Local stocks jumped as investors scooped up beaten-down Chinese developers, with Beijing fanning market hopes for a stronger dose of stimulus to rescue the property market.

25 Jul 2023 - 5:38PM
Hang Seng jumps 4 per cent as Beijings aids best property rally in 18 months

Chinese stocks set to bounce back as strong earnings revive confidence: analysts

Mainland stocks are likely to bounce back in the second half of the year as supportive government measures boost earnings and as valuations dented by economic pessimism bottom out, according to UBS Group and China Asset Management.

26 Jul 2023 - 4:13PM

Hong Kong market’s gains cut short ahead of Fed interest rate decision

The Hang Seng Index fell after making handsome gains a day earlier, tracking losses in Japan and Korea, ahead of the Federal Reserve’s interest rate decision.

26 Jul 2023 - 5:01PM

Hang Seng jumps 4 per cent as Beijings aids best property rally in 18 months

Local stocks jumped as investors scooped up beaten-down Chinese developers, with Beijing fanning market hopes for a stronger dose of stimulus to rescue the property market.

25 Jul 2023 - 5:38PM

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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