Hong Kong's exchange pauses its main continuous session at noon. Here is how the split day works, why it survives and what investors should know.

Britain's private sector kept expanding in September, but a softer services reading and faster price growth complicated the outlook for London businesses and the Bank of England.

New York, London and Hong Kong remain leading financial centers for different reasons. Here is how markets, time zones, regulation and capital flows shape each city.

Wall Street enters today's Federal Reserve decision with the 10-year Treasury yield near 5% and investors braced for a possible rate increase.

New York City brought approximately $1.9 billion of general-obligation bonds to market, combining new taxable and tax-exempt debt with refunding designed to capture savings.

Hong Kong’s Financial Services Development Council has proposed a coordinated roadmap to deepen the city’s role as a multi-currency, multi-asset capital hub.

Unitree Robotics has fallen roughly 45% from its post-listing peak, sharpening questions about valuation, earnings and the pace of China’s humanoid-robot boom.

HONG KONG — Alibaba Group has priced an HK$80 billion share placement, giving the Chinese technology company about US$10.2 billion in fresh capital for an artificial-intelligence expansion that is rapidly becoming the center of its strategy. The transaction is large enough to reshape the near-term investment debate around Alibaba: shareholders are being diluted, but the company is adding substantial financial firepower for an expensive global technology race. Alibaba said it

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing delivered record first-half revenue and profit in 2026, giving investors a clear measure of how strongly activity has returned to one of Asia’s most important financial centers. The exchange operator said the six months through June produced new half-year highs, supported by heavier securities trading, a busier listing market and strong participation across several products. HKEX reported total revenue and other income of HK$16.7 billion, up 1