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Tiger Asia must pay investors back HK$45 m

A Hong Kong court yesterday ordered US hedge fund Tiger Asia Management and two senior executives to pay more than HK$ 45 million to about 1,800 investors for insider dealing…

China Everbright’s not so bright on trading debut

Five new listings made their debuts on the Hong Kong stock exchange yesterday, with China Everbright Bank, the largest flotation of the year, performing the worst. Markets & Investing feed…

Moment of truth for IPOs

The mainland’s plan to build confidence in domestic stock markets and turn around their reputation as financial casinos will depend on a regulatory gamble paying off next year. Markets &…

Asia-Pacific sees shrinking equity capital markets

Equity capital markets in the Asia-Pacific ex-Japan region shrank for a third consecutive year in 2013, hurt by a downturn in India and slower activity in mainland China. Markets &…

Death care firm Fu Shou Yuan leads the way for five new listings

The shares of five firms rose on their first day of trading in Hong Kong yesterday, with mainland “death care services” provider Fu Shou Yuan leading the pack, jumping as…

HKEx-owned London Metal Exchange to launch clearing house

The London Metal Exchange may have a Hong Kong member soon. It also plans to launch a clearing house and new commodity products in the city next year. Markets &…

Bohai bourse readies yuan trade in Hong Kong

Tianjin’s Bohai Commodity Exchange, the first non-bank organisation on the mainland given permission to conduct cross-border yuan business, introduced its online platform to Hong Kong companies yesterday as its first…

Hong Kong teams with Singapore on yuan business

The alliance between Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing, the operator of the city’s stock exchange, and Singapore Exchange is likely to prove successful in developing yuan investment products, say analysts,…

Banquet operator’s listing via placement in the spotlight

In finance-centric Hong Kong, where creative bankers and self-made rich entrepreneurs are constantly offering unique businesses to grab investors’ attention, a newly listed company – a local restaurant bidding to…

BlackRock gears up for mainland China sales

BlackRock, the world’s largest asset-management company, will expand its team in Hong Kong and introduce more locally domiciled funds to take advantage of a soon-to-be-signed mutual recognition agreement between Hong…