Jalal Almarhoon previously worked for BNP Paribas in Saudi Arabia.

The global law firm has promoted regional managing partner William Liu to drive regional strategy as it marks 50 years in the region.

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The Chinese AI chip maker soared on its debut as the Hong Kong banking and law firm communities expect another busy ECM year in the Special Administrative Region.

Sydney-based Ellis has been leading the Australia & New Zealand rates sales franchise and will continue in this role.

Proceeds from HKMC’s largest public bond offering will be used to help Hong Kong's elderly unlock the value of properties for livelihood needs and boost the silver economy.

The structure of the bonds allows Chinese corporates to raise funds in multiple currencies with an onshore issuance. The Yulan bond market is still small.

Hong Kong’s financial secretary Paul Chan described the government's issuance of a third digital green bond as "reflecting the market support for tokenised products". The many times oversubscribed issuance had a large range of global investors.