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(Bloomberg) — A wave of listings by Chinese companies is expected to reinvigorate trading activity in Hong Kong, with optimism growing that a robust pipeline of debuts will drive the broader stock market higher. First-time share sales in Hong Kong have raised HK$77 billion ($9.9 billion) this year through May, the most for the period…
(Bloomberg) — After a tumultuous 12 months, it’s no small achievement that the Sohn investment conference returns to Hong Kong on Friday with the better half of last year’s picks having made money. Hedge fund managers will present their ideas at the Sohn Hong Kong Investment Leaders Conference as financial markets gyrate, with global growth…
(Bloomberg) — Hong Kong authorities ramped up sales of the local dollar as the greenback’s slide threatened the foreign-exchange peg. The Hong Kong Monetary Authority sold a record HK$60.5 billion ($7.8 billion) of the city’s currency, according to an alert sent on its Bloomberg page Tuesday in Asia, after it tested the upper end of…