https://www.scmp.com/rss/523135/feed The latest news and top stories on Sally Wong, the chief executive officer of the Hong Kong Investment Funds Association (HKIFA), which represents the asset management industry in engaging with authorities and stakeholders on mutual funds and Mandatory Provident Fund schemes. She promotes investor education and research initiatives. Her work involves advocating for Hong Kong-domiciled funds in cross-border schemes and contributing to sustainable finance through her roles with the Hong Kong Green... en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Letters Letters Feel strongly about these letters, or any other aspects of the news? Share your views by emailing us your Letter to the Editor at letters@scmp.com or filling in this Google form. Submissions should not exceed 400 words I run a leadership development programme at the University of Hong Kong for mid-career professionals and executives from around the world. Many of our participants come from the Belt and Road Initiative countries and other emerging economies, and we have encountered difficulties... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/letters/article/3333906/hong-kong-should-consider-easing-visa-rules-belt-and-road-partners?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/letters/article/3333906/hong-kong-should-consider-easing-visa-rules-belt-and-road-partners?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 25 Nov 2025 03:30:11 +0000 Mandy Zuo Mandy Zuo This year marks half a century of formal diplomatic relations between China and the European Union, as well as the 25th anniversary of the founding of the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China. The fourth story in our series examining ties between the two powers focuses on China’s efforts to influence the bodies that set global manufacturing standards, an arena where Europe plays a leading role. The 19th-century German industrialist Werner von Siemens once famously remarked that “he who... https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3325816/hidden-standards-battle-inside-chinas-push-rewire-global-manufacturing?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3325816/hidden-standards-battle-inside-chinas-push-rewire-global-manufacturing?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 17 Sep 2025 15:00:13 +0000 Enoch Yiu Enoch Yiu Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEX), which operates Asia’s third-largest stock market, will reduce the minimum trading spread for about 300 stocks starting Monday, a move aimed at lowering transaction costs and increasing turnover. “The minimum spread is the minimum price change for a stock traded on an exchange and determines the tightest bid-ask spread allowed,” the HKEX said in the conclusion of its consultation on the spread reform. “A reduction of minimum spreads could therefore... https://www.scmp.com/business/banking-finance/article/3320447/hkex-reduce-minimum-spread-300-stocks-monday-cut-cost-boost-trading?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/banking-finance/article/3320447/hkex-reduce-minimum-spread-300-stocks-monday-cut-cost-boost-trading?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 03 Aug 2025 03:30:09 +0000 Enoch Yiu Enoch Yiu Christopher Hui Ching-yu has recently been on a world tour, conducting roadshows in Canada, the UK and Norway, in an effort to urge global businesses to redomicile in Hong Kong. The main talking point for Hui, the Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury, has been a new law, enacted in May, that sought to make it easier for overseas companies to reincorporate in the city. Just a few days after the law came into force, Hui flew to Canada to meet senior executives from insurers Manulife... https://www.scmp.com/business/article/3316957/hong-kong-wants-be-dominant-domicile-worlds-biggest-companies?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/article/3316957/hong-kong-wants-be-dominant-domicile-worlds-biggest-companies?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 05 Jul 2025 02:00:14 +0000