Hong Kong stocks followed overseas peers when they resumed trading on Tuesday after the Lunar New Year holidays, closing with sharp losses as market sentiment turned sour after shares plunged on Wall ...More
EJ Insight2014-02-04
Hong Kong stocks ended a four-day losing run Wednesday, buoyed by a festive hype that is creating waves in the mainland. The benchmark Hang Seng Index climbed 180 points or 0.82 percent to 22,141 afte ...More
EJ Insight2014-01-29
China lenders tumbled on Thursday amid news reports that a trust distributed by Industrial & Commercial Bank of China (01398.HK) was on the brink of default, and the bank could assume responsibili ...More
EJ Insight2014-01-23
Tycoon Li Ka-shing has raised US$3.11 billion in an initial public offering of his Hong Kong electricity assets in Asia's biggest deal this year, the Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday. The IPO of ...More
EJ Insight2014-01-22
State Grid Corp. of China is likely to become the biggest cornerstone investor in HK Electric Investments Ltd.’s US$5.7 billion Hong Kong initial public offering, which is due to launch Monday, Reuter ...More
EJ Insight2014-01-13
From his planned sale of supermarket business ParknShop to a series of property selloffs in China, tycoon Li Ka-shing has stirred up confusion and conjecture across Hong Kong and the mainland in the l ...More
EJ Insight2014-01-06
China's A-share markets could see around 250 billion yuan (US$41.3 billion) raised in initial public offerings (IPOs) this year involving more than 300 firms, according to audit and consultancy giant ...More
EJ Insight2014-01-02
Mainland lenders and China Mobile (00941.HK) weighed on the Hong Kong benchmark index Monday, with the announcement that China's manufacturing activity slowed to a three-month low in December. The HSB ...More
EJ Insight2013-12-16
Following is a summary of major news and comments in the Hong Kong Economic Journal, the parent publication of EJ Insight, on Monday, Dec. 16: TOP STORIES Power Assets unveils US$5 billion spinoff pla ...More
EJ Insight2013-12-16
Following is a summary of major news and comments in the Hong Kong Economic Journal, the parent publication of EJ Insight, on Wednesday, Dec. 11: TOP STORIES Shanghai overtakes Hong Kong in competitiv ...More
EJ Insight2013-12-11
Following is a summary of major news and comments in the Hong Kong Economic Journal, the parent publication of EJ Insight, on Monday, Dec. 9: TOP STORIES Four firms said to seek HK$46 billion in Hong ...More
EJ Insight2013-12-09
Following is a summary of major news and comments in the Hong Kong Economic Journal, the parent publication of EJ Insight, on Thursday, Nov. 21: TOP STORIES CLP, Hongkong Electric said to keep 9.99% p ...More
EJ Insight2013-11-21
Huaneng International is reported to have put up some port assets for sale. Largely used for handling coal to feed plants using the highly polluting fuel, the assets being offloaded are a sign the pow ...More
EJ Insight2013-11-19
Following is a summary of major news and comments in the Hong Kong Economic Journal, the parent publication of EJ Insight, on Monday, Oct. 7: TOP STORIES Twelve companies seek to raise HK$72.1 bln in ...More
EJ Insight2013-10-07
Australia's tax office has demanded that Cheung Kong Infrastructure Holdings Ltd. (CKI) (01038.HK) and Power Assets Holdings Ltd. (00006.HK), both under the control of billionaire Li Ka-shing, pay A$7 ...More
EJ Insight2013-10-04