https://www.scmp.com/rss/524736/feed The latest news and top stories on Bonnie Chan, a legal and financial services executive. She is known for leading Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEX). She previously served as co-chief operating officer and head of listing. Chan modernised Hong Kong’s listing framework, introducing SPAC listings and Chapter 18C for tech companies. Her expertise includes capital markets, regulatory reform and digitisation. She advocates for gender diversity. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Julie Zhang Julie Zhang More than 10 loss-making biotechnology companies have filed for Hong Kong stock exchange listings this year, bringing cutting-edge drugs and artificial intelligence-powered drug discovery platforms to market, as the city’s bourse presses ahead with reforms aimed at supporting the real economy. The latest applications came as healthcare and biotechnology equity capital market activity – stock sales by companies and their shareholders – in Hong Kong reached US$15.6 billion last year, the second... https://www.scmp.com/business/banking-finance/article/3346710/hong-kong-attracts-wave-biotech-ipo-filings-amid-ai-drug-boom?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/banking-finance/article/3346710/hong-kong-attracts-wave-biotech-ipo-filings-amid-ai-drug-boom?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 16 Mar 2026 05:07:12 +0000 Aileen Chuang Aileen Chuang Semiconductor display manufacturer Everdisplay Optronics (Shanghai) and robotics firm Zhejiang Galaxis Technology Group have received approval to list in Hong Kong, marking steady progress in the city’s nearly 500-strong listings pipeline. The two mainland Chinese companies published their post-hearing information packs on the Hong Kong stock exchange on Sunday, as the initial public offering (IPO) market in the city gathers pace once again after the Chinese New Year holiday. Neither firm... https://www.scmp.com/business/banking-finance/article/3345921/hong-kongs-ipo-pace-picks-2-mainland-chinese-firms-get-listing-approval?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/banking-finance/article/3345921/hong-kongs-ipo-pace-picks-2-mainland-chinese-firms-get-listing-approval?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 09 Mar 2026 03:48:17 +0000 Enoch Yiu Enoch Yiu Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEX) will roll out a broad package of market reforms aimed at attracting more international listings and expanding into fixed income, commodities and other asset classes over the coming years, its CEO said on Thursday. Bonnie Chan Yiting, approaching the end of her first two years as CEO at HKEX – which operates Asia’s third-largest stock exchange – outlined the strategy as the exchange reported a second consecutive year of record annual profit, driven by... https://www.scmp.com/business/banking-finance/article/3344683/hkex-profit-jumps-36-another-record-high-surging-turnover-ipos?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/banking-finance/article/3344683/hkex-profit-jumps-36-another-record-high-surging-turnover-ipos?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 26 Feb 2026 04:25:27 +0000 Enoch Yiu Enoch Yiu Hong Kong’s financial markets on Friday greeted the Year of the Horse with a mixed response, with stocks and gold moving in different directions on the first trading day of the year. Markets reopened on the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, with the Hang Seng Index closing 1.1 per cent lower at 26,413.25, and gold advancing 0.6 per cent to end the day at HK$46,685 (US$5,985) a tael (37.9 grams). Hong Kong Gold Exchange (HKGX) chairman Haywood Cheung Tak-hay said the exchange would team up with... https://www.scmp.com/business/commodities/article/3344067/hong-kong-stocks-and-gold-start-year-horse-mixed-note?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/commodities/article/3344067/hong-kong-stocks-and-gold-start-year-horse-mixed-note?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 20 Feb 2026 03:40:58 +0000 Enoch Yiu Enoch Yiu Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEX) plans to expand further into fixed income and commodities in the coming years, as global investors seek to diversify away from US dollar assets amid rising uncertainty, senior officials at the bourse operator said. “Over the last few years, a lot of global capital has gravitated towards the US market,” said Bonnie Chan Yiting, CEO of HKEX, at a media briefing on Wednesday. “But now, given a lot of the uncertainty, investors do want to diversify.” Chan said... https://www.scmp.com/business/article/3342403/hkex-eyes-expansion-fixed-income-global-investors-reassess-us-exposure?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/article/3342403/hkex-eyes-expansion-fixed-income-global-investors-reassess-us-exposure?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 04 Feb 2026 13:05:38 +0000 Bloomberg Bloomberg Thailand’s Charoen Pokphand Group plans to invest in the Hong Kong listing of Chinese pig breeder Muyuan Foods, people familiar with the matter said, in what is shaping up to be one of the city’s largest share sales this year. CP Group was poised to participate as a cornerstone investor – which typically receives a guaranteed allocation in exchange for agreeing to hold shares for a set period – in the listing, the people said, asking not to be identified to discuss a private matter. Other... https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/3341582/chinese-pig-breeder-muyuan-foods-courts-cornerstone-investors-hong-kong-listing?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/3341582/chinese-pig-breeder-muyuan-foods-courts-cornerstone-investors-hong-kong-listing?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 28 Jan 2026 13:26:16 +0000 Enoch Yiu Enoch Yiu New energy, artificial intelligence, electric vehicle (EV) and biotechnology companies will remain the driving force behind Hong Kong’s initial public offering (IPO) market in the coming years, according to the head of bourse operator Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEX). “In the past year, dozens of new companies in green energy, automation and other sectors have listed in Hong Kong, enabling them to scale their research and global impact,” wrote Bonnie Chan Yiting, CEO of HKEX, in an... https://www.scmp.com/business/banking-finance/article/3340575/new-energy-ai-ev-and-biotech-drive-hong-kong-ipo-growth-hkex?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/banking-finance/article/3340575/new-energy-ai-ev-and-biotech-drive-hong-kong-ipo-growth-hkex?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 20 Jan 2026 11:15:06 +0000 Xiaofei Xu Xiaofei Xu As political and business leaders gather in the Swiss town of Davos for this year’s World Economic Forum, scheduled to begin on Monday, analysts expect China to continue positioning itself as a reliable trade partner and supporter of multilateralism – stances drawing an implicit contrast with the United States under President Donald Trump. This year’s meeting, themed “A Spirit of Dialogue”, will take place amid heightened global tensions in the wake of several controversial actions by Trump’s... https://www.scmp.com/economy/global-economy/article/3340298/china-readies-davos-sales-pitch-us-grants-beijing-window-opportunity?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/global-economy/article/3340298/china-readies-davos-sales-pitch-us-grants-beijing-window-opportunity?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 19 Jan 2026 04:00:12 +0000 Themis Qi Themis Qi Funds raised in Hong Kong reached nearly HK$275 billion (US$35.4 billion) from 106 initial public offerings (IPO) as of December 12, helping the city become the world’s top listing venue, the stock exchange operator said in a year-end review. “2025 has been a year of momentum – global investors returned with conviction, and innovation from the Chinese mainland and across Asia kept our markets vibrant,” said Bonnie Chan Yiting, CEO of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEX). Four of these... https://www.scmp.com/business/markets/article/3337364/hong-kong-worlds-no-1-fundraising-venue-us354-billion-106-listings-hkex?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/markets/article/3337364/hong-kong-worlds-no-1-fundraising-venue-us354-billion-106-listings-hkex?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 22 Dec 2025 11:15:11 +0000 Enoch Yiu Enoch Yiu With Nasdaq seeking US regulatory approval to extend its trading hours to 23 hours, some industry players believe local bourse operator Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEX) will need to consider a similar move for certain products to enhance its competitiveness. HKEX chief executive Bonnie Chan Yiting did not mention trading hours in her blog on Monday, but she did say the bourse operator would expand into digital currencies and tokenisation over the next decade, which analysts pointed out... https://www.scmp.com/business/banking-finance/article/3336635/hong-kong-under-pressure-extend-trading-hours-amid-digital-asset-expansion?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/banking-finance/article/3336635/hong-kong-under-pressure-extend-trading-hours-amid-digital-asset-expansion?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 16 Dec 2025 09:45:25 +0000 Julie Zhang Julie Zhang Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEX) has launched its first equity index tracking Hong Kong-listed technology companies, underscoring the city’s ongoing shift from a market long dominated by property and finance towards innovation-driven growth. Unveiled on Tuesday, the HKEX Tech 100 Index tracks 100 large-cap and mid-cap companies spanning artificial intelligence, biotech and pharmaceuticals, electric vehicles and smart driving, information technology, internet, and robotics. Biotech... https://www.scmp.com/business/banking-finance/article/3335684/hong-kong-launches-hkex-tech-100-index-pivot-towards-innovation-driven-growth?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/banking-finance/article/3335684/hong-kong-launches-hkex-tech-100-index-pivot-towards-innovation-driven-growth?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 09 Dec 2025 03:33:10 +0000