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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

The Hong Kong government increased stamp duty on residential property deals valued above HK$100 million to 6.5 per cent from 4.25 per cent in its budget in late February.

Hong Kong ultra-luxury home sales slide after stamp duty hike

The measure is expected to affect only a small fraction of total transactions

Offshore trusts have long been popular vehicles for the shareholders of companies seeking Hong Kong listings

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

Listings, placements and block trades totalled more than US$76 billion in 2025 — the highest in four years — helping pull Hong Kong's broader economy out of a prolonged slump.

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...

Prime Minister Lawrence Wong (left) meeting Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee at the Government House in Hong Kong on Mar 27.

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...

The super-rich are being pitched Hong Kong’s low taxes, wide talent pool, and booming equities capital market to bring the wealthy back.

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

To help in its efforts to develop a gold hub, Hong Kong has secured the support of various international and Chinese state-owned banks.

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

Demand for home buying in Hong Kong, among the world’s least affordable cities, improved in the past couple years partly due to softening interest rates.

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

The current carried interest measure in Hong Kong, under which profits are not taxed, applies only to private equity investments.

Hong Kong close to proposing tax cuts to lure asset and wealth managers

Dubai and Singapore’s tax perks draw fund managers, pulling wealth and investment away from Hong Kong

Gap has regained its expansion momentum over the past three years, with its store count reaching 164 in 2025 after 29 new openings.

Gap plans to open 50 China stores, return to Hong Kong in 2026

New stores will open across tier-one to tier-three cities in the world’s second-largest economy