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HKEX to Introduce Options on Three More Blue Chips on 10 April
March 16th, 2017
Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX) will introduce options on Hang Seng Index constituents AAC Technologies, Geely Automotive and Link REIT on Monday, 10 April 2017 to further strengthen its options market. The Link options will be HKEX’s ...
PayPal Invests in $48 Million Series C of Korean Fintech Payments Startup
March 15th, 2017
South Korean Fintech firm Viva Republica has closed a KRW 55 billion ($48 million) Series C round of funding which saw participation from the likes of PayPal and other significant backers. Viva Republic is the developer opf Toss, a now-popular peer-to-peer ...
The biggest fashion group in the world announced net sales rose 12% to €23.3bn in FY16
March 15th, 2017
Same-store sales growth was 10%. The Group generated over 9,596 new jobs, one in four of which were in Spain. At year-end, its headcount stood at 162,450. In April, 84,000 Inditex employees will receive their second payment under the ...
HKEX advances the preparatory work for Bond Connect
March 15th, 2017
Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX) welcomes the announcement by Li Keqiang, the Premier of the State Council of the People’s Republic of China, today about setting up bond market links between Hong Kong and Mainland China. HKEX ...
HKEX Sets Asian Record for L&I Product Listings on a Single Day
March 14th, 2017
The Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX) has issued today a press release to announce that four providers of Leveraged and Inverse Products (L&I Products) listed a total of 16 products today on the Stock Exchange of Hong ...
Asian Stocks Mixed Before Fed as Yen Fluctuates
March 14th, 2017
Japan’s Topix index drops, while Chinese equities advance Yield on 10-year Treasury near highest level of the year Asian stocks were mixed with Treasuries trading near the highest level this year as investors anticipated a near-certain rate hike from ...
Arabian Gulf states are looking at ways to diversify their economies
March 13th, 2017
Push for UAE trade with Asia and Africa The UAE wants to expand trade ties with fast-growing nations in Asia and Africa, a senior official said on Sunday. Arabian Gulf states are looking at ways to diversify their economies, ...
The fateful date
March 12th, 2017
Caesar: What sayest thou to me now? Speak once again. Soothsayer: Beware the ides of March. Caesar: He is a dreamer; let us leave him: pass. This famous advice, according to Shakespeare, was ignored with fatal consequences for Julius ...
Sugar analysts chew over recent price volatility
March 10th, 2017
Sugar analysts chew over recent price volatility Analysts are chewing over whether sugar futures in New York have found a floor, after bouncing late in the previous session. There has been heavy technical selling in sugar markets, after front-month ...
PwC launches Hong Kong legal practice
March 10th, 2017
The Big Four accountancy firm has entered the legal fray making hires from King & Wood Mallesons and O’Melveny & Myers. The move has resulted in the establishment of a new independent Hong Kong firm, Tiang & Co, led ...
