country: Hong Kong

October 23, 2023
Hong Kong’s finance hub status threatened by brain drain
Nearly three-quarters of businesses are short on talent after staff exodus
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September 26, 2023
Singapore’s 'dirty money' detectives battle cross-border impasse
Singapore’s attempts to recoup $1.8bn from a money laundering scandal face an uphill battle against Asia Pacific’s fragmented legal system....
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September 21, 2023
Is data sharing key to fighting fraud?
Banks around the world are uniting to pool information on suspicious customers in the global battle against financial scams. From...
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September 6, 2023
Hong Kong undergoes 'entire market rethink'
Hong Kong is revamping financial market rulebooks, creating new investment corridors with China, and capitalising on deep offshore renminbi liquidity...
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Singapore stablecoin rules to serve as ‘blueprint’ for APAC
Singapore is introducing licensing and reserve asset requirements for stablecoin issuers, under a new digital asset framework that fires the...
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July 10, 2023
Hong Kong regulator simplifies banking system
Large banks operating in Hong Kong will likely merge with smaller deposit-taking companies after the banking regulator issued the latter...
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March 2, 2023
Hong Kong’s 'ambitious' virtual assets trading proposals
The financial centre wants to launch a new licensing regime, which includes opening up retail investor access. Hong Kong’s Securities...
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February 2, 2023
Hong Kong pushes ahead with boosted climate risk supervision regime
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority’s upgrades to its climate stress testing programme make clear its ambitions to be a leading...
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January 5, 2023
Hong Kong mounts fight back amid fragmenting geopolitics
Hong Kong has prospered mightily on the back of turbo-charged globalisation, the ascent of China and the symbiotic US–Chinese economic...
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