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The Hong Kong private equity firm has allocated more than 200 million dollars from its 500 million dollar tech budget, shifting its focus from large language models to robotics and specialized hardware.
Prime commercial real estate in Central is rebounding faster than Manhattan towers even as capital values sit 50 per cent below peak levels.
Survey shows 52 percent of wealth managers in Hong Kong and Singapore now favor property assets, while allocation plans for alternative investments rose to 28 percent.
The city-state finished ahead of Hong Kong as an estimated US$84 trillion prepares to transfer to younger heirs over the next 20 years.
Investment trends that propelled high-end apparel makers for 20 years are fading as luxury brands depend on a narrow group of ultrawealthy consumers.
Prime residential properties in the Thai capital average $12,000 per square metre, maintaining an accessible valuation gap against Singapore and Hong Kong.
Maxim’s Caterers will buy back DFI Retail Group’s 50 per cent stake as part of a reorganisation across seven Asian markets.
Rising shipping costs and changing customs rules squeezed profits even as orders and active customer numbers grew.
The cross-border platform evaluates a Tokyo listing and US expansion following a 12 million US dollar Series C funding round.
SJM Holdings co-chairwoman Angela Leong netted a modest HKD1.2 million gain on the Pik Sha Road property after holding the asset for 14 years.
Second-quarter revenue rose just 0.9 per cent to 11.08 billion dollars while stock in Hong Kong fell 27.3 per cent below its listing price.
Veteran executive Julian Neo takes charge of Hong Kong and Macau operations ahead of a planned 4.9 per cent rate increase across both territories.
Higher jet fuel costs and shrinking sales across Europe and the United States eroded operating margins to 2.1 per cent in the retailer’s first public report.
The Los Angeles athleisure label takes over a prime two-level harbourfront space in Tsim Sha Tsui as it prepares a wider mainland store rollout.
Visitors are bypassing luxury shopping hubs to visit natural landmarks such as the 140-million-year-old UNESCO Global Geopark.
Dr Neal Kassell of the Focused Ultrasound Foundation says global trials for pancreatic and brain cancers could yield major results within three years.
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