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The latest news and top stories on Nasdaq, a leading entity in the financial services sector. Headquartered in New York City, Nasdaq is a global technology company operating multiple stock exchanges across the US and Europe. It specialises in providing stock trading, derivatives, market data and financial technology solutions. Serving corporate clients, investment managers, banks and brokers, Nasdaq is renowned as the world’s first electronic exchange and the second-largest globally by market capitalisation. Its business focus centres on innovation, global expansion and enhancing market infrastructure, aiming to improve liquidity, transparency and integrity within the global economy.

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Hong Kong stock market

SpaceX share sale won’t drain Hong Kong IPO boom, JPMorgan says

Bank sees strong demand for Chinese AI, robotics and healthcare listings despite SpaceX’s projected record-breaking IPO in the US.

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IPO

Hong Kong set to be ousted by Nasdaq as world’s biggest IPO market

21 May 2026 - 9:00PM

Singapore

Singapore shines as a stable investment oasis in a global storm

9 May 2026 - 8:00AMvideocam

Hong Kong stock market

Can Hong Kong’s listing reform 2.0 win over innovative firms?

The reforms enhance the city’s appeal for AI, biotech and other firms by slashing the market cap threshold and enabling confidential filings.

11 Apr 2026 - 11:01AM

IPO

Hong Kong retains IPO crown but may lose to US mega listings over full year

Second place for IPO funds raised is Nasdaq, with US$5.65 billion from 18 listings, while the New York Stock Exchange ranks third.

1 Apr 2026 - 9:28PM

Hong Kong stock market

Upbeat China industrial profit data lifts Hong Kong stocks for a fifth day

Profit at China’s industrial firms rose 5.3 per cent year on year in December, versus a drop of more than 13 per cent in November.

27 Jan 2026 - 4:30PM

Banking & finance

Exclusive | Singapore Exchange hints at deeper ties with HKEX: can yuan business open doors?

SGX CEO also hopes to launch an international board with Nasdaq later this year and expand cross-trading schemes with mainland China.

25 Jan 2026 - 1:04PM

Loh Boon Chye says connectivity is the new architecture for capital markets. Photo: Enoch Yiu

War and conflict

Outside In | 2025 was the year of denial. What now?

Despite the threat of wars, tariffs, climate change and AI, normality has persisted. But it can only be a matter of time before such contradictions explode.

2 Jan 2026 - 4:30PMvideocam

Hong Kong stock market

Hong Kong world’s No 1 IPO venue as fundraising crosses US$35 billion: HKEX

Four companies that raised funds in Hong Kong, including CATL, featured in the world’s top 10 IPOs this year.

22 Dec 2025 - 7:15PM

Nvidia

Nvidia’s latest earnings run into a market suddenly afraid of AI spending

Analysts expect the AI chip behemoth to show more than 50 per cent growth in both net income and revenue in its financial third quarter.

19 Nov 2025 - 2:36PM

Strong earnings and an encouraging outlook from Nvidia could provide a respite for investors, who are growing concerned about the valuation of AI stocks. Photo: Shutterstock

Start-ups

Tencent-backed Uzbek start-up eyes pre-IPO funding round in Hong Kong

Uzum co-founder Nikolay Seleznev is looking at a potential listing in 2027, including in Hong Kong, London, Abu Dhabi and Nasdaq.

5 Nov 2025 - 9:00AM

Uzum operates e-commerce, fintech and banking services in Uzbekistan. Photo: Handout

HKEX

HKEX vets 300 listing applications after city ascends as world’s top IPO market

Long-term investors from Europe, the US, the Middle East and emerging markets are actively engaged in Hong Kong IPOs, HKEX CEO says.

23 Oct 2025 - 12:56AM

Asean

Asian Angle | Safer than cash? The real risks cryptocurrency poses to Southeast Asia

Crypto’s champions argue the technology offers unmatched transparency and security. But a closer look at the numbers tells a different story.

18 Oct 2025 - 10:30AM

Biomedicine: Companies

Singapore’s Nanyang Biologics to list on Nasdaq amid Trump’s pharma tariffs

The start-up agrees to merge with a special-purpose acquisition company in a deal that puts its value at US$1.5 billion.

13 Oct 2025 - 10:30PM

Nanyang Biologics expects to become a player in the US$30 billion market for AI-based drug discovery. Photo: Shutterstock

Mergers & Acquisitions

CK Life unit merges with TransCode as Li Ka-shing firm eyes anticancer drugs

Upon completion of the transaction, CK Life will own about 9.1 per cent of TransCode’s outstanding common shares.

9 Oct 2025 - 6:25PM

Company flags flutter outside Cheung Kong Centre. CK Life Sciences International is set to merge its subsidiary Polynoma with TransCode Therapeutics to boost its pipeline of anticancer drugs. Photo: Shutterstock

Hong Kong economy

Editorial | Firms redomiciling in Hong Kong can only be good for business

Legal changes have made it easier for firms to redomicile in Hong Kong without changes to their operations. That is a good business move.

6 Oct 2025 - 7:15AM

IPO

Hong Kong’s huge year of IPOs continues, with annual crown likely

Figures for the first nine months show the city widening its lead in global rankings, as brokers and analysts predict a strong fourth quarter.

30 Sep 2025 - 4:41PM

Wealth management

Standard Chartered banker urges diversification amid correction risks

‘There could be another correction. These things happen,’ Standard Chartered’s Judy Hsu says.

8 Sep 2025 - 8:43AM

Judy Hsu, Standard Chartered’s CEO of wealth and retail banking. Photo: Jelly Tse

Artificial intelligence

Chinese companies could start making money from AI agents next year, UBS says

As advanced models like DeepSeek’s R2 become more sophisticated, UBS expects ‘to see more monetisation’.

4 Sep 2025 - 5:30PM

IPO

Nasdaq to tighten listing rules, particularly for companies from China

Nasdaq has submitted the proposed rules to the SEC and plans to implement them immediately once they are approved.

4 Sep 2025 - 12:16PM

US-China trade war

US-China trade tensions, Li replaces Xi at Brics and more

This week: US and China lower export controls, Xi Jinping reiterates call for ‘unified national market’, Wang Yi says China doesn’t want Russia defeat. Next week: Li attends Brics summit, China CPI may show deflation end, Taiwan military drills.

4 Jul 2025 - 5:00PM

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Nasdaq

SpaceX share sale won’t drain Hong Kong IPO boom, JPMorgan says

Bank sees strong demand for Chinese AI, robotics and healthcare listings despite SpaceX’s projected record-breaking IPO in the US.

Hong Kong set to be ousted by Nasdaq as world’s biggest IPO market

Singapore shines as a stable investment oasis in a global storm

Can Hong Kong’s listing reform 2.0 win over innovative firms?

The reforms enhance the city’s appeal for AI, biotech and other firms by slashing the market cap threshold and enabling confidential filings.

Hong Kong retains IPO crown but may lose to US mega listings over full year

Second place for IPO funds raised is Nasdaq, with US$5.65 billion from 18 listings, while the New York Stock Exchange ranks third.

Upbeat China industrial profit data lifts Hong Kong stocks for a fifth day

Profit at China’s industrial firms rose 5.3 per cent year on year in December, versus a drop of more than 13 per cent in November.

.css-19im5qg{color:#c79a00;}Exclusive | Singapore Exchange hints at deeper ties with HKEX: can yuan business open doors?

SGX CEO also hopes to launch an international board with Nasdaq later this year and expand cross-trading schemes with mainland China.

.css-1pcrwvc{color:#2aa191;}Outside In | 2025 was the year of denial. What now?

Despite the threat of wars, tariffs, climate change and AI, normality has persisted. But it can only be a matter of time before such contradictions explode.

Hong Kong world’s No 1 IPO venue as fundraising crosses US$35 billion: HKEX

Four companies that raised funds in Hong Kong, including CATL, featured in the world’s top 10 IPOs this year.

Nvidia’s latest earnings run into a market suddenly afraid of AI spending

Analysts expect the AI chip behemoth to show more than 50 per cent growth in both net income and revenue in its financial third quarter.

Tencent-backed Uzbek start-up eyes pre-IPO funding round in Hong Kong

Uzum co-founder Nikolay Seleznev is looking at a potential listing in 2027, including in Hong Kong, London, Abu Dhabi and Nasdaq.

HKEX vets 300 listing applications after city ascends as world’s top IPO market

Long-term investors from Europe, the US, the Middle East and emerging markets are actively engaged in Hong Kong IPOs, HKEX CEO says.

Asian Angle | Safer than cash? The real risks cryptocurrency poses to Southeast Asia

Crypto’s champions argue the technology offers unmatched transparency and security. But a closer look at the numbers tells a different story.

Singapore’s Nanyang Biologics to list on Nasdaq amid Trump’s pharma tariffs

The start-up agrees to merge with a special-purpose acquisition company in a deal that puts its value at US$1.5 billion.

CK Life unit merges with TransCode as Li Ka-shing firm eyes anticancer drugs

Upon completion of the transaction, CK Life will own about 9.1 per cent of TransCode’s outstanding common shares.

Editorial | Firms redomiciling in Hong Kong can only be good for business

Legal changes have made it easier for firms to redomicile in Hong Kong without changes to their operations. That is a good business move.

Hong Kong’s huge year of IPOs continues, with annual crown likely

Figures for the first nine months show the city widening its lead in global rankings, as brokers and analysts predict a strong fourth quarter.

Standard Chartered banker urges diversification amid correction risks

‘There could be another correction. These things happen,’ Standard Chartered’s Judy Hsu says.

Chinese companies could start making money from AI agents next year, UBS says

As advanced models like DeepSeek’s R2 become more sophisticated, UBS expects ‘to see more monetisation’.

Nasdaq to tighten listing rules, particularly for companies from China

Nasdaq has submitted the proposed rules to the SEC and plans to implement them immediately once they are approved.

US-China trade tensions, Li replaces Xi at Brics and more

This week: US and China lower export controls, Xi Jinping reiterates call for ‘unified national market’, Wang Yi says China doesn’t want Russia defeat. Next week: Li attends Brics summit, China CPI may show deflation end, Taiwan military drills.

Exclusive | Singapore Exchange hints at deeper ties with HKEX: can yuan business open doors?

Outside In | 2025 was the year of denial. What now?