Hong Kong

The benchmark Hang Seng index fell 0.9 percent.

Rents climed 3.5% in 2016.

No thanks to the 8.2% drop in Mainland visitor arrivals.

No thanks to the consistently dropping arrivals from mainland.

Rents are now up to 3.3 times costlier than in non-core areas.

PwC is pleased to announce the appointment of Henri Arslanian as FinTech and RegTech Leader, China & Hong Kong. Henri is a published author, a TEDx speaker and an adjunct associate professor at the University of Hong Kong, where he teaches FinTech and entrepreneurship in finance.

One retail landlord saved almost $17m on taxes.

Origami Lab's smart wireless wearable voice assisting ring uses bone conduction technology.

It dropped 2 places from last year's 9th spot.

There were 115,000 millionaires in 2016.

Patek Philippe is delighted to present The Art of Watches, Grand Exhibition New York 2017 which will take place from July 13th – 23rd, 2017 at Cipriani 42nd Street in New York. The 10-day public exhibition will showcase Patek Philippe’s tradition of high-precision watch manufacturing, an insight into the company’s 178-year history as well as its heritage in the domain of Haute Horologerie. 

The cup tracks water and coffee intake using sensor and data collection technology.

Loan-to-value ratios are amongst the lowest across Asia Pacific.

They eye securing their future employability.

The 550MW unit will be built in 2-3 years.

But they are generally well-placed to cope with the difficult credit environment.