Wealthy Chinese must bridge serious gaps in their understanding of succession planning or risk costly legal battles and needless public squabbles. Family wealth can sometimes be more of a burden than ...More
EJ Insight2017-08-03
Hong Kong’s Executive Council has approved the joint checkpoint proposal for the Express Rail Link. The cross-border railway system is expected to start operating in the third quarter of next year. Th ...More
EJ Insight2017-07-27
A Chinese court has frozen nearly US$181 million in assets partially owned by LeEco Holdings founder Jia Yueting over a missed interest payment, and an additional US$2.3 billion worth of shares in the ...More
EJ Insight2017-07-06
Chinese tech group LeEco, which has interests ranging from smart cars to online content, is facing growing pressure from its creditors and business partners, with one bank wanting some of its assets f ...More
EJ Insight2017-07-04
The number of high net worth individuals (HNWIs) in China has risen nearly nine times since a decade ago, Reuters reports, citing a private survey released on Tuesday. Chinese with at least 10 million ...More
EJ Insight2017-06-20
Li Ruigang is not a household name in Hong Kong but what if he, a member of the Chinese Communist Party, calls the shots at the city’s dominant free-to-air television broadcaster? Hong Kong audiences ...More
EJ Insight2017-05-29
Numerous companies related to China's Belt and Road initiative posted improved results for 2016. This has, in turn, helped spark renewed interest in the economic plan heavily promoted by Beijing. Amon ...More
EJ Insight2017-04-10
Sri Lanka is selling an 80 percent stake in a deep-water port on its southern coast, close to one of the world’s busiest sea lanes, to a Chinese state-owned company, The Wall Street Journal reports, c ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-09
Following news of approval of the Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect program, Hong Kong's benchmark Hang Seng Index traded as high 23,193 points last week with market turnover soaring to nearly HK$90 bi ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-23
Trust companies see a windfall from China's latest effort to crack down on risky wealth management products (WMPs), which could divert money from rivals shut out of the market by the new rules. Draft ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-03
Orient Securities Co., a joint-venture partner of Citigroup in China, is said to be seeking up to US$1.15 billion in a Hong Kong initial public offering. The Shanghai-based firm, which submitted an ap ...More
EJ Insight2016-06-17
Uber's Chinese rival Didi Chuxing Technology Co. is fast going up in the sharing economy with a valuation close to US$28 billion after it raised US$4.5 billion in a round of funding. That puts the rid ...More
EJ Insight2016-06-16
China Merchants Securities Co. has cut the size of its planned Hong Kong initial public offering by more than half, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the matter. Poor marke ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-16
Citigroup Inc.’s joint venture partner Orient Securities Co. Ltd. (600958.CN) plans to raise US$1 billion or more in an initial public offering in Hong Kong, the Wall Street Journal reports. The Shang ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-13
State-run conglomerate China Merchants Group has made an informal bid to buy London's Baltic Exchange, becoming the latest contender for the business that has been the hub of the global shipping marke ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-17
Its vans and staff in gray uniforms with red and black stripes are a familiar sight around Hong Kong. SF Express, the largest private courier firm in China, with 310,000 employees, has just announced ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-15
China Merchants Capital is planning to launch 10 funds worth a combined 20 billion yuan (US$2.58 billion), the Hong Kong Economic Journal reports. That would bring the total under management to 20, va ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-14
Those who follow China’s ongoing annual “two sessions” conference should be familiar with so-called “zombie" companies, or debt-laden and unprofitable enterprises. At the National People's Congress, ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-12
Hong Kong bristles with modern edifices and colonial gems. The city’s skyline is a favored canvas to many Hollywood filmmakers and graces postcards and fridge magnets that fly off shelves at souvenir ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-10
WeChat Payment, a mobile payment service provided by Tencent Holdings (00700.HK), will launch operations in Hong Kong before the Chinese New Year, the Hong Kong Economic Journal reported Monday, citin ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-18
