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The bank expects to see increasing demand for digital bonds from the private sector.

This move makes Alibaba eligible for the SAR’s Stock Connect programmes, which will help the firm tap a larger group of Chinese investors; however, rival PDD Holdings saw its shares drop sharply on the Nasdaq this week, and JD.com has unveiled a $5bn share buyback plan.

EQT invests in Australian tech education firm Compass; HKEX's H1 2024 results; iron ore slowdown sees BHP diversify; Canada to slap tariffs on Chinese EVs, steel and aluminium; HKIC invests in Thailand.

After surpassing a shareholder threshold for an offer from chairman Reinold Geiger, L’Occitane International will apply to suspend dealings in the shares from August 7.

FA recently asked experts on their experience working on the first listing under HKEX’s newly introduced Chapter 18C for tech firms in the new economy.

Geopolitics, interest rates and investor appetite will continue to weigh on the city’s bourse, lagging US peers along its IPO recovery journey. Meanwhile, from September, traders will be able to trade during typhoons.

After a slow start to the year, confidence is slowly returning to the city's equity market, with QuantumPharm about to become the third largest listing of the year.

55 Shandong-based companies are listed on the main board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, with total funds raised at over $72bn.

Bosera International, Harvest Global Investments and China Asset Management have launched ETFs for Bitcoin and Ethereum on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.