Julie Zhang

1 week ago | scmp.com | Julie Zhang |Aileen Chuang

Investors lapped up the stock of the Chinese condiment maker Foshan Haitian Flavouring and Food during its trading debut on the Hong Kong exchange, after its HK$10.1 billion (US$1.3 billion) listing became the bourse’s second-largest of the year and cemented Hong Kong as the leading global fundraising venue.

2 weeks ago | scmp.com | Peggy Sito |Julie Zhang

On May 16, just as US President Donald Trump wrapped up his whirlwind Gulf tour with over US$2 trillion in deals, a little-known Hong Kong fintech firm beat global rivals to bag a contract with a United Arab Emirates (UAE) bank. Evident Group, operator of a digital investment platform for alternative assets and licensed by the Securities and Futures Commission, formed a partnership with Zand Bank, the UAE’s first fully licensed digital bank.