Hong Kong

Standard Chartered appoints Darcy Lai as Regional Head

Darcy will head Origination and Client Coverage and was most recently with Barclays Capital as Head of Investment Banking and Debt Capital Markets in Asia Pacific.

Standard Chartered appoints Darcy Lai as Regional Head

Darcy will head Origination and Client Coverage and was most recently with Barclays Capital as Head of Investment Banking and Debt Capital Markets in Asia Pacific.

Hong Kong banks help provide elderly with financial options

Seven Hong Kong banks joined the Mortgage Corporation’s Reverse Mortgage Programme to help provide elderly with additional financial planning option.

HSBC Global Asset Management names Bill Maldonado as Asia-Pacific CIO

The lender banks on Maldonado to lead the lender’s investment team in Asia, which aim to capture the growing wealth in the region.

Offshore RMB market strengthens HK's status: report

The offshore RMB market will strengthen the competitiveness and status of Hong Kong as an international financial center, according to  the Economic Review.

Why are transfer pricing tensions increasing in Asia?

The economic landscape is not looking very promising and transfer pricing audits are escalating in both intensity and frequency. Developed nations are struggling with significant debts and deficits as their economic growth stagnates, while developing nations have now latched onto the idea that they should reap the benefits associated with their low cost bases and their large untapped markets.

HSBC appoints Michael Paulus as Asia Pacific head of public sector

He will be reporting locally to Andrew Zeissink, Head of Financial Institutions Group for Asia Pacific.

Hang Seng Bank expands non-interest income sources

The lender is currently ready to distribute mutual funds is already in talks with fund management companies about possible cooperation.

Is Hong Kong’s banking sector in trouble?

The Royal Bank of Scotland says there is risk of a financial crisis after an extended period of ultra-loose monetary conditions in Hong Kong.

HKMA warns against fraudulent StanChart email

HKMA wishes to alert members of the public in Hong Kong to an e-mail purporting to be sent from Standard Chartered Bank Hong Kong Limited.

NAB names Christine Yates Australia debt market origination head

Yates’ has 15 years of experience in corporate banking, with skills in project and acquisition finance, debt advisory, syndicated loans, corporate bond orgination and institutional relationship banking.

China Everbright Bank expects July listing in Hong Kong

China Everbright Bank Co. is expected to list at the Hong Kong Stock Exchange as early as mid-July.

FATCA: A shake-up in the World of Finance and Banking Secrecy?

A new American tax law has the potential to shake-up not just the U.S. tax reporting system, but also the way financial institutions do business globally.

Hang Seng Bank names Fred Hu non-executive director

The economist will receive HK$340,000 per year while currently chairing Primavera Capital.

HSBC eyes to extend renminbi products to Australia

The lender’s introduction of new products to Australia to hedge their currency risk in doing business with China, a major consumer of Australian mineral and energy resources.

China Minsheng Bank targets issue of $3.15bn bonds

The bond issuance could help to expand the bank’s funding sources and lower the cost of funding.

HSBC needs more than 2,000 new staff in Singapore and China

The lender to add 200 employees in China yearly until 2016 and 1,000 in Singapore during the same period.

Bank of East Asia launches new iPhone app features

The lender’s iPhone app now includes stock trading, consumer loan, property loan, and One Touch Service Hotlines features.