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Indonesia’s golden visa gamble: will it hit the investment jackpot or miss the mark?

  • July 30, 2024

“Currently, ‬‭not‬‭ many‬‭ countries‬‭ have‬‭ good‬‭ economic‬‭ growth, ‬‭ maintained‬‭ political‬‭ stability, demographic‬‭ bonus, ‬‭ and‬‭ abundant‬‭ natural‬‭ resources. ‬‭ This‬‭ means‬‭ Indonesia‬‭ should‬‭ be‬‭ a‬ promising‬‭ investment‬‭ destination‬‭ and‬‭ a‬‭ global‬‭ talent‬‭ destination‬‭ for‬‭ work. ‬‭ This‬‭ will‬‭ significantly‬ affect‬‭ the‬‭ country, ‬‭ including‬‭ capital‬‭ gains, ‬‭ job‬‭ opportunities, ‬‭ technology‬‭ transfer, ‬‭ improvement‬‭

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Finance

Hong Kong economy pressed on with growth in second quarter, finance chief Paul Chan says

  • July 28, 2024

“Many companies are actively pursuing plans to list in Hong Kong. The string of national policies benefiting Hong Kong is expected to play a supporting role in different economic sectors when they are rolled out successively.” Chan added that the value of the city’s merchandise exports had recorded double-digit year-on-year growth for three consecutive months,

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Investment

Hong Kong family office operators plan US$100 million capital-investment migrants fund

  • July 18, 2024

Hong Kong’s cash-for-residency scheme has opened up opportunities for local family office operators, with many joining hands to launch a US$100 million fund to manage investments for the applicants. Wings Capital, a local family office which has taken the initiative on the fund, said the initial target is to raise US$100 million from applicants of

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Investment

Nomura Reshuffles Asia Investment Bank Team, Cuts Jobs in Slump

  • July 17, 2024

(Bloomberg) — Nomura Holdings Inc. is reshuffling its Asia investment-banking team and cutting jobs in an effort to reduce costs amid a deals slump in China and Hong Kong. Most Read from Bloomberg Patrick Kwan, head of investment banking for Asia excluding Japan, is leaving the firm after more than two years in the role,

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Property

Surge In Distressed Property Sales In Hong Kong

  • July 14, 2024

Higher-for-longer interest costs and ample retail and office vacancies have pushed the sales of distressed investment properties in Hong Kong higher in the second quarter, a trend realtors expect to continue in an already tepid real estate market. An increasing acceptance among lenders and landlords to book steeper losses has driven up the number of

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Crypto

Hong Kong authorities gaining experience in disrupting illicit crypto activities: experts

  • July 14, 2024

The experts said the city had accumulated law enforcement experience when it came to cryptocurrencies, to a point where authorities could easily trace money-laundering activities that used such virtual assets. Joshua Chu Kiu-wah, a lawyer specialising in technology disputes and cybersecurity, said the focus should be less on new laws and regulations since the virtual

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Finance

Finance chief urges Cathay Pacific Airways to raise service quality to boost Hong Kong’s aviation hub status

  • July 7, 2024

“We hope Cathay Pacific Airways will continue to improve service quality and support and enhance Hong Kong’s status as an international aviation hub,” Chan wrote in his weekly blog. “Looking forward, local airlines should actively expand their route networks in response to the needs of economic development, business connections and public travel and facilitate the

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Funds

Hozon files Hong Kong IPO to raise funds for its global growth, skirt China’s discount war

  • June 26, 2024

Hozon New Energy Automobile, the start-up behind the Neta brand of electric vehicles (EVs), has applied to raise capital in Hong Kong, joining BYD, Xpeng and Li Auto in using the world’s fourth-largest stock market as the launching pad to fund its overseas expansion and escape China’s brutal discount war. Hozon plans to use the

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Loans

Opinion | Education needed for domestic helpers in Hong Kong to avoid loan sharks

  • June 23, 2024

Domestic helpers are rightly credited with providing the backbone of the “hidden” side of Hong Kong’s economy. The estimated 340,000 migrant workers in the city offer affordable childcare, housekeeping and other services that allow a much larger segment of the population to join the workforce. Unfortunately, helpers are far more visible to money lenders who

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Finance

Hong Kong to host city’s largest Asia-focused green finance training event with 300 guests

  • June 23, 2024

“Hong Kong, an international finance centre, is also a knowledge hub,” said Ma Jun, chairman of co-host Capacity-building Alliance for Sustainable Investment (CASI). “The CASI event will bring together over 30 speakers with sustainable finance knowledge” from Hong Kong, mainland China, Europe, North America, Australia and east, south and central Asia. The other co-hosts are

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