Hong Kong
MSCI changes tack on including China A-share in indexes
Index provider MSCI has outlined new proposals designed to overcome issues preventing it from adding the shares of mainland Chinese companies to several key equity indexes, which should effectively allow a limited number of stocks to be included.
UAE could face a ‘Hong Kong-style’ life sales slump
Asia has traditionally been the principal market outside the UK for international life business but growth in sales from the two key regional hubs of Hong Kong and Singapore has come to a halt, says Provisca founder Bryan Low.
Standard Life cuts Asia insurance profile with Hong Kong sale
Standard Life has agreed to sell its wholly-owned Hong Kong life operation to its Chinese joint venture company Heng An Standard Life Insurance Company (HASL), underlining its move towards an investment-led business focus.
Life insurance business in Hong Kong up nearly 50% last year
Life insurance and annuity business in Hong Kong increased by 49% in 2016 to HK$179.1bn (£18.4bn, $23bn, €21.3bn), latest figures released by the Office of the Commissioner of Insurance (OCI) show.
Hong Kong regulator freezes accounts in US Ponzi scheme
Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has obtained an interim court order to freeze bank accounts connected with a suspected $15m (£12.1m, €13.9m) US Ponzi scheme that invested in Brazilian and African gold mines.