The trading house's scrapped sale of a hotel on Hong Kong's storied Lot No. 1 shows Beijing's efforts to curb M&A in its targeted sectors are kicking in.
Instead of a joint SFC-HKEx committee to rule on listings and develop policy, itself a compromise, investors are left with a consultative panel that lacks any formal powers.
Charles Li has strong words for critics of reform proposal intended to lure new economy issuers to Hong Kong. He says an action plan will likely be released within weeks
No makeup product can cover declining investor confidence in China’s largest online cosmetics retailer. A recent buying spree and lack of transparency anger investors most.
Don't read too much into China's formal regulations on M&A. An imminent leadership shuffle is more likely to weigh on dealmaking, at least for now.
Beijing may have thought it had called the final whistle on expensive football deals, but more sales are in the pipeline after a Chinese tycoon snapped up a top English club.
The Malaysian bourse is following Singapore and Hong Kong in considering studying unconventional share structures – despite caution from index providers.
Singapore has given dual class shares the green flag, with HKEx lobbying to do so. If the latter follows the suit, it will lead a race to the bottom among Asia’s financial markets.
Nestor Espenilla tells FinanceAsia he will bring continuity in monetary policy — and a renewed focus on banking reform — to the Philippine central bank.
Fed up with losing lucrative tech IPOs like Alibaba's, the bourse is determined to have a second go at dual-class shareholdings. But convincing the SFC and investors will not be easy.
As regulation and cost pressures hammer banks' research departments, start-up CEO Raghav Kapoor is eyeing what he calls the 'world's most beautiful opportunity'.
New European rules are turning the world of sell-side research upside down. The impact will be felt equally hard in Asia, at a time when life is tough enough for banks.
Chinese investors looking to make acquisitions in Europe face challenges. But a careful approach can bear fruit
China’s drive to improve food safety via foreign acquisitions faces growing anti-trust barriers and management failures. FinanceAsia talks to deal-makers about how to make the recipe just right.
Amid spikes in capital outflows, Chinese policymakers have three unpleasant options to choose from. Economists from S&P Global Ratings weigh up the cost of each.
More than 200 compliance and legal professionals from across the region gathered at the Ritz-Carlton in Hong Kong on November 17 to discuss the latest trends in regulation.
The head of enforcement at Hong Kong’s securities regulator gave a stern warning to investment banks on Thursday, promising to bring more cases against IPO sponsors — and criticising a lack of professionalism on some deals.
Misery for relationship managers as their banks face increasing pressure from regulations that hamper their flexibility — while clients take a step back from the markets.
The bank is the latest ensnared in a widening investigation by Hong Kong’s regulator, which is clamping down on shoddy work by IPO sponsors. The problem appears to go back to its role in the 2009 listing of China Forestry.
UBS could lose its Hong Kong corporate finance licence after a crackdown by the local regulator. But it will not be the only bank threatened with stiff penalties, according to a source familiar with the regulator’s plans.