Japan’s Toshiba Corp said on Thursday it had signed an US$18 billion deal to sell its chip unit to a consortium led by Bain Capital LP, overcoming a key -- albeit not its last -- hurdle as it scramble ...More
EJ Insight2017-09-29
Six companies have been chosen to receive a combined 10 million yuan in investments from the Alibaba Hong Kong Entrepreneurs Fund. These are Gobee.bike, CompareAsiaGroup, Origami Labs, Prenetics, Aqum ...More
EJ Insight2017-09-28
Macau may be the casino capital of the world, but when it comes to lotteries in this part of the world, Hong Kong is tops. We are not talking about Mark Six and its HK$80 million Mid-Autumn Festival S ...More
EJ Insight2017-09-28
A Macau company and Thailand-based firm are seeking to raise more than US$300 million through what would be the world’s largest crypto-currency initial coin offering (ICO), Reuters reports. A document ...More
EJ Insight2017-09-28
Private trades in Spotify shares are valuing the music streaming company at about US$16 billion, according to people familiar with the deals, raising the prospect of a bumper flotation next year, Reut ...More
EJ Insight2017-09-28
What is "Smart Money"? By definition, it refers to sophisticated investors who have a comprehensive observation and understanding of the financial markets, those who often spot and foresee trends befo ...More
EJ Insight2017-09-27
Few issues in central banking are more likely to provoke anxiety than the fear of losing control of one’s currency. Earlier this month, the Chinese central bank banned initial coin offerings of bitcoi ...More
EJ Insight2017-09-27
While public attention has been diverted to the latest government programs such as the adoption of container homes, the co-location arrangement for the Express Rail Link should merit our continuing co ...More
EJ Insight2017-09-27
In the 18th party congress in 2012, Chinese President Xi Jinping said that "the people's longing for a good life is what we are fighting for". Over the past five years, China has made a lot of efforts ...More
EJ Insight2017-09-26
Facebook Inc. on Friday abruptly abandoned a plan to change its stock structure that would have given Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg more control, the Wall Street Journal reports. The U-turn heads of ...More
EJ Insight2017-09-25
Both the Hong Kong and mainland markets have risen steadily in recent months. Still, many investors are very alert to potential risks. For instance, China’s margin trading and short-selling level reac ...More
EJ Insight2017-09-22
Standard & Poor’s cut its sovereign credit rating on China, becoming the last of the three major rating agencies to lower its view on the country’s creditworthiness, the Wall Street Journal report ...More
EJ Insight2017-09-22
Earlier, I mentioned how bad the economy of Ukraine has been in recent years. In fact, when it comes to case studies on the economic hardships of former eastern bloc countries, academics would often c ...More
EJ Insight2017-09-21
Ray Dalio, founder of the world's largest hedge fund Bridgewater Associates, shared his tips on investing during a TED Talks speech recently. Dalio said that when he was a young kid he did not like fo ...More
EJ Insight2017-09-21
一、 在投資市場討飯吃的機構投資者，有關投資市場去從的評論，愈來愈不能「照單全收」；筆者這種看法，「自古已然」 ...全文
Next month, when finance ministers and central bank governors from more than 180 countries gather in Washington, DC, for the annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, they ...More
EJ Insight2017-09-20
隨着法國總統選舉以馬克龍的勝利告終，以及默克爾所屬的基督教民主聯盟在9月24日德國大選前的民調中遙遙領先，一個 ...全文
今日信報理財投資博集先機Barry Eichengreen2017年09月20日
Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam on Saturday concluded a two-day visit to Myanmar, becoming the city's first ever chief executive to pay an official visit to the Southeast Asian nation since the establishm ...More
EJ Insight2017-09-19
In recent years, crowdfunding via the internet has taken the world financial market by storm, providing a platform for any startup with a business idea to pitch in front of a global audience of invest ...More
EJ Insight2017-09-19
