https://www.scmp.com/rss/517807/feed CK Infrastructure Holdings is the infrastructure and energy flagship of retired Hong Kong business tycoon Li Ka-shing. It engages in a range of projects including gas and power distribution and transmission, power generation and waste management around the globe, including in Hong Kong, mainland China, Australia, the US and UK. In Hong Kong, the company is among the major shareholders of Hong Kong Electric, one of the city’s two electricity providers. CK Infrastructure is a subsidiary of CK... en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Cao Li Cao Li Hong Kong stocks dropped on Monday as escalating tensions in the Middle East sent oil prices to recent highs. Over the weekend, Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels launched attacks directly on Israel, which intensified strikes on Tehran. The US has also deployed additional military forces to the Middle East. The escalation pushed up oil prices, with Brent crude jumping as much as 3.7 per cent to US$116.80 a barrel, its highest in more than a week, while West Texas Intermediate rose to US$101 a... https://www.scmp.com/business/article/3348360/hong-kong-stocks-fall-asia-iran-conflict-drives-oil-prices-higher?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/article/3348360/hong-kong-stocks-fall-asia-iran-conflict-drives-oil-prices-higher?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 30 Mar 2026 06:10:13 +0000 Peggy Ye Peggy Ye A consortium comprising CK Infrastructure Holdings, CK Asset Holdings and Power Assets Holdings has agreed to sell all of its interest in UK Power Networks to French multinational electric utility Engie in a deal worth £10.5 billion (US$14.2 billion), according to a joint filing issued before the Hong Kong market opened on Thursday. The agreement was signed after trading hours on Wednesday in Hong Kong, London and Paris. The announcement triggered a rally across the CK group’s Hong Kong-listed... https://www.scmp.com/business/banking-finance/article/3344660/ck-group-agrees-sell-uk-electricity-operator-us142-billion?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/banking-finance/article/3344660/ck-group-agrees-sell-uk-electricity-operator-us142-billion?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 26 Feb 2026 00:38:30 +0000 Cheryl Arcibal Cheryl Arcibal CK Infrastructure Holdings is poised to complete the disposal of UK Rails (Eversholt Rail) this month following London’s approval of the deal, according to the company, which is part of Hong Kong tycoon Li Ka-shing’s business empire. The train leasing company is owned by a consortium of the group’s companies: CK Infrastructure, which holds 65 per cent, along with CK Asset Holdings (20 per cent), Power Asset Holdings (10 per cent) and CK Hutchison Holdings (5 per cent), according to the... https://www.scmp.com/business/article/3339897/li-ka-shings-ck-infrastructure-gets-nod-sell-train-leasing-firm-uk-rails?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/article/3339897/li-ka-shings-ck-infrastructure-gets-nod-sell-train-leasing-firm-uk-rails?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 14 Jan 2026 11:00:11 +0000 Yulu Ao Yulu Ao Hong Kong stocks made a strong start to 2026 on Friday, as investors bet on economic growth after both the mainland and Hong Kong markets recorded bull runs in 2025. The Hang Seng Index surged 2.8 per cent to 26,338.47 at the close, notching the biggest gain since May 12 and pushing the benchmark to the highest level since November 17. The Hang Seng Tech Index added 3.6 per cent. On the mainland, the markets were closed for public holidays. Leading the advance, search-engine giant Baidu jumped... https://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/3338452/hong-kong-stocks-jump-2026-investors-bet-continued-bull-run?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/3338452/hong-kong-stocks-jump-2026-investors-bet-continued-bull-run?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 02 Jan 2026 02:27:35 +0000 Martin Choi Martin Choi CK Infrastructure Holdings (CKI), part of Hong Kong tycoon Li Ka-shing’s business empire, continues to snap up utility assets overseas with the acquisition of 32 onshore wind farms in the UK, its third such purchase this year. The consortium led by Li’s infrastructure and energy flagship entered into an agreement to acquire a portfolio of operating onshore wind farms in the UK from Aviva Investors for around £350 million (US$448.5 million), according to a statement on Tuesday morning. The... https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/3274407/li-ka-shings-ck-infrastructure-holdings-acquires-32-uk-wind-farms-us4485-million?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/3274407/li-ka-shings-ck-infrastructure-holdings-acquires-32-uk-wind-farms-us4485-million?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 14 Aug 2024 04:30:31 +0000 CK Infrastructure said it is on the prowl for acquisitions, as the energy flagship company controlled by Hong Kong’s wealthiest family sits on a financial war chest with HK$18 billion (US$2.3 billion) in cash. CK Infrastructure and other CK Group units including CK Asset and Power Assets “are well placed to capitalise on investment opportunities as they arise around the globe, especially when the world is facing challenges,” said its chairman Victor Li Tzar-kuoi, the elder son of tycoon Li... https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/3220890/hong-kongs-richest-family-has-us23-billion-cash-its-ck-infrastructure-unit-go-asset-shopping-spree?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/3220890/hong-kongs-richest-family-has-us23-billion-cash-its-ck-infrastructure-unit-go-asset-shopping-spree?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 17 May 2023 11:00:19 +0000 Kohlberg Kravis Roberts (KKR) has agreed to buy a 25 per cent stake in a British water and waste-water services company controlled by Hong Kong tycoon Li Ka-shing’s companies for £867 million (US$1.02 billion). The American private-equity giant will acquire a stake in Northumbrian Water from several subsidiaries of CK Group, the company founded by Li Ka-shing, Hong Kong’s richest man, according to a stock exchange filing in Hong Kong. CK Group expects to report a net gain of HK$500 million... https://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/3185319/kkr-buy-25-cent-stake-li-ka-shing-backed-british-water?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/3185319/kkr-buy-25-cent-stake-li-ka-shing-backed-british-water?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 14 Jul 2022 12:20:59 +0000 CK Infrastructure, the infrastructure and energy flagship of Hong Kong tycoon Li Ka-shing’s business empire, said on Wednesday that “ultra-low” global interest rates induced by efforts to fight the coronavirus outbreak will squeeze the return rates of its projects. “Of particular challenge to CKI will be the series of regulatory resets, which will be coming up in 2020 and over the next few years,” Victor Li Tzar-kuoi, Li’s eldest son and the company’s chairman, said in a filing to Hong Kong’s... https://www.scmp.com/business/article/3075828/hong-kong-tycoon-li-ka-shings-ck-infrastructure-says-covid-19-induced?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/article/3075828/hong-kong-tycoon-li-ka-shings-ck-infrastructure-says-covid-19-induced?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 18 Mar 2020 13:30:20 +0000 CK Infrastructure Holdings, which owns energy, transport and water utilities globally, is considering selling minority stakes in some of its European assets to a new investment company which would then be listed on the London Stock Exchange. If the proposal proceeds, it is not expected to have a material impact on its existing portfolio of infrastructure assets, the Hong Kong-listed company said in a filing on Tuesday. CK Infrastructure may be a minority shareholder in the new investment company... https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/2174217/ck-infrastructure-considers-sale-interests-european-assets?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/2174217/ck-infrastructure-considers-sale-interests-european-assets?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 20 Nov 2018 14:45:43 +0000 Two of Li Ka-shing’s cornerstone businesses reported positive progress on Thursday, a week after speculation swirled in the markets that the doyen of Hong Kong business might be starting the process of handing over control of his empire to the family’s next generation. CK Infrastructure (CKI), which has diversified infrastructure investments in energy , transportation, water related businesses worldwide such as in the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Hong Kong and mainland China,... https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/2103482/li-ka-shings-ck-infrastructure-sees-net-income-climb-3pc-hk57-bn?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/2103482/li-ka-shings-ck-infrastructure-sees-net-income-climb-3pc-hk57-bn?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 20 Jul 2017 12:45:45 +0000