Hong Kong
Hong Kong grants first stablecoin licences to StanChart joint venture and HSBC
Both are forecast to launch in H2 2026 to cover cross-border and local use cases, and digital asset trading
Hong Kong offers diesel subsidy, toll waivers to lower fuel cost pain
Two-month measures will support diesel-using public and commercial vehicles, vessels and related industries
The real shine behind Singapore’s golden ambitions is not in gold’s meteoric price increase
Investors are faring well with listed gold counters hitting fresh highs, but the Republic is also aiming to benefit with the region’s ultimate vault
Hong Kong ultra-luxury home sales slide after stamp duty hike
The measure is expected to affect only a small fraction of total transactions
China targets offshore trusts in tax crackdown on ultra-rich
Authorities in provinces and cities have demanded the owners of these structures report detailed financial information: sources
Hong Kong IPO revival hits snags, raising stakes for big deals
HONG Kong’s relentless surge in share sales over the past year is beginning to encounter headwinds, potentially slowing deal momentum and raising the stakes for a wave of jumbo transactions in the pip...
More important than ever for Singapore and Hong Kong to collaborate amid competition: PM Wong
There is “healthy competition” between Singapore and Hong Kong, but in an increasingly fragmented world, it is “more important than ever” that the two cities connect and collaborate, Prime Minister La...
Super rich regain zest for Hong Kong as war stokes Gulf unease
The city’s new family offices rise 25% to 3,384 at the end of last year
Hong Kong woos central banks in bid to become gold-trading hub
The city is targeting Belt and Road nations for the institutional clout to rival London as a global centre: sources
Hong Kong’s home prices climb for ninth straight month in February
Residential prices climbed 3.6 per cent in 2025, the first increase since peaking in 2021
