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              • Friday, 10 January, 2025
                Asia-Pacific companies
                Chinese toymaker taps ‘kidult’ craze as shares soar on Hong Kong debut

                As birth rates fall in Asia, companies focus on nostalgic toys for young adults

                Workers prepare for business near a sculpture of a character from the Transformer movie in Beijing
              • Wednesday, 8 January, 2025
                Chinese business & finance
                Pentagon blacklisting of China’s EV battery maker puts US banks in bind

                Involvement in Hong Kong secondary listing of CATL raises reputational risks for Wall Street groups

                A prototype of CATL’s Freevoy Super Hybrid Battery
              • Thursday, 19 December, 2024
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                Segantii founder Simon Sadler pleads not guilty to insider dealing in Hong Kong

                Hedge fund manager could face prison sentence in high-profile criminal case

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              • Monday, 16 December, 2024
                Oil
                EU imposes sanctions on oil trader Niels Troost over alleged Russian involvement

                Dutch national is first EU citizen targeted in relation to western price cap measures introduced after full-scale Ukraine invasion

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              • Wednesday, 11 December, 2024
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                Chicken wing and Shakira-backed debt floods Wall Street Premium content

                Plus, Evergrande’s liquidators go after a private jet and an $800bn asset manager prepares to sue over Credit Suisse debt wipeout

                Shakira crowd surfing
              • Thursday, 5 December, 2024
                The Art Market
                Art fairs cancelled in Hong Kong and India

                Anti-apartheid photographer gets his due; steady sales at Art Basel Miami Beach; momentum builds for Miami artist

              • Friday, 29 November, 2024
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                Plus, Hong Kong draws up potential crypto tax breaks for the super-rich and Goldman Sachs switches teams in UK takeover bid

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                Political uncertainty in France sends shockwaves through the country’s sovereign bond market

              • Thursday, 28 November, 2024
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                Hong Kong plans crypto tax break for hedge funds and billionaire families

                Chinese territory is competing with Singapore and Switzerland to become top offshore finance hub

                A picture of a man walking beside a cryptocurrency exchange booth in Hong Kong
              • Thursday, 21 November, 2024
                Inside Politics
                Jimmy Lai case tests red lines of UK-China relations

                British national’s supporters hope human rights will be prioritised over UK push for strong relationship with Beijing

                Jimmy Lai walks through the Stanley prison in Hong Kong
              • Wednesday, 20 November, 2024
                Bridgewater’s Bob Prince buys $12mn home in wealthy Hong Kong enclave

                Hong Kong Monetary Authority official calls for applause for executive’s purchase at finance conference

                Bob Prince
              • Wednesday, 20 November, 2024
                Hong Kong politics
                Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai denies foreign collusion in security trial

                Fierce critic of Beijing testifies for first time as he faces up to life in prison

                Jimmy Lai is seen wearing a face mask and being escorted by officials into a Hong Kong Correctional Services van outside the Court of Final Appeal.
              • Tuesday, 19 November, 2024
                UK foreign policy
                Starmer refuses to condemn Hong Kong crackdown

                UK premier said he had ‘frank’ discussions with Xi Jinping at G20 but declined to air criticism publicly

                Keir Starmer gives a speech, with Brazil and UK flags on either side of him
              • Tuesday, 19 November, 2024
                Hong Kong politics
                Hong Kong sentences 45 activists to prison in landmark security trial

                Legal scholar Benny Tai receives 10-year penalty as authorities stamp out dissent in Chinese territory

                Police officers stand in a line, wearing uniforms and masks, outside the West Kowloon Court in Hong Kong. A group of people is gathered behind barriers
              • Thursday, 14 November, 2024
                Special purpose acquisition companies
                Hong Kong still awaits payback from new Spacs regime

                Corporate bosses warn tough standards deter blank-cheque companies from listing

                Pedestrians walk by the Hong Kong Stock Exchange
              • Monday, 11 November, 2024
                Chinese equities
                Hong Kong stocks fall as China’s stimulus package disappoints

                Hang Seng index down 1.5% after Beijing unveils $1.4tn plan to restructure local government debt but no consumer support

                Montage of Hong Kong stock exchange building and a chart
              • Thursday, 31 October, 2024
                New Hong Kong-focused ETF gains approval in Saudi Arabia

                Hang Seng Investment Management is second manager to get green light as authorities push for closer ties between both markets

              • Tuesday, 29 October, 2024
                HSBC Holdings PLC
                HSBC chief says east-west division will not lead to ‘any split’

                Georges Elhedery embarks on sweeping overhaul of lender as part of cost-cutting drive

                Georges Elhedery is shown in a professional portrait
              • Wednesday, 23 October, 2024
                HSBC Holdings PLC
                HSBC east-west overhaul reignites break-up debate

                Top 20 shareholder calls for bank to consider total split

                Georges Elhedery, HSBC’s chief executive
              • Tuesday, 22 October, 2024
                HSBC Holdings PLC
                HSBC chief Elhedery unveils sweeping overhaul of lender

                Bank plans to separate east from west and split into 4 units to cut costs and simplify its business

                A montage of HSBC's Hong Kong headquarters and a strip of red design in the background.
              • Wednesday, 16 October, 2024
                Hong Kong economy
                Hong Kong slashes spirits tax to boost nightlife

                Chinese territory’s chief executive John Lee tries to turn around economy amid fall in tourism and consumption

                Guests gather at the Prada Frames event at the M+ Museum in Hong Kong in March 2023, with a bustling crowd around a bar area and the Hong Kong skyline illuminated in the background
              • Wednesday, 16 October, 2024
                FT Wealth
                Switzerland’s wealth managers bank on a future in Asia

                Hong Kong and Singapore are the world’s rising wealth centres

                A stylized graphic featuring a swirling pattern of red and white shapes. A white cross is at the center, surrounded by five red stars, each with a curved red line trailing behind
              • Sunday, 13 October, 2024
                Hong Kong economy
                In charts: Hong Kong’s economy is struggling to recover lost ground

                Falling rates and Chinese stimulus offer glimmers of hope but the financial hub’s property, tourism and retail sectors are still suffering

              • Thursday, 10 October, 2024
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                An ASML exclusive and Foxconn in Mexico Premium content

                The inside story on the Asia tech trends that matter, from Nikkei Asia and the Financial Times

                Trainees operate machinery at a training centre at ASML in Tainan, Taiwan
              • Saturday, 5 October, 2024
                What to see in London during Frieze Week 2024
                Restrictive EU law could benefit London’s Asian art scene

                Art from ancient to new is being sold in galleries, auction houses and Frieze Masters this autumn

                Stylised Japanese painting  of a green, grassy mountain, topped with dark blue forest, with white clouds over the top
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