JEJU, May 2 (Korea Bizwire) — An increasing number of foreign companies are buying casinos in Jeju, as 4 out of 8 casinos have been taken over or are being taken over by foreign entities in the past year. At the end of 2014, Grand Express Korea, a joint corporation established by Hong Kong-based Landing [...]
HONG KONG, CHINA and SINGAPORE, SINGAPORE, Apr. 14 (Korea Bizwire) - Global Banking and Finance Review has announced that BMO Private Bank has won awards for Best Private Bank for Discretionary & Advisory Services in Hong Kong and Best Private Bank for Discretionary & Advisory Services in Singapore for 2015. The Global Banking and Finance [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean singer and actor Lee Min-ho will hold his first-ever solo concert in Hong Kong next month, his management agency said Thursday. The star of the popular Korean TV show “Boys over Flowers” will sing 12 tracks of his albums during the concert titled “Lee Min-ho Live in Hong [...]
TORONTO, ONTARIO and HONG KONG, HONG KONG, Nov 18 (Korea Bizwire) - BMO Capital Markets, the investment & corporate banking arm of BMO Financial Group (TSX:BMO)(NYSE:BMO), is adding trade finance booking capabilities in Hong Kong as it moves to serve more trade in Asia. Upgrading its Trade Finance capability in Hong Kong, a huge global trade [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 15 (Korea Bizwire) – A Parliamentary Inspection revealed that an average of one in five foreign investors turned out to be those establishing corporations in tax havens. Authorities suspected that a large number of these potential tax evaders are Korean nationals disguised as foreign investors. According to Congressman Lee Sang-jik (New Politics Alliance for [...]
Hong Kong, Sept 3, 2014 (Korea Bizwire) – The 33rd HKTDC Hong Kong Watch & Clock Fair, the largest event of its kind in the world, opened today with over 760 exhibitors from 19 countries and regions taking part. The fair, which runs from 3-7 September at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, is [...]
SEOUL, June 20 (Korea Bizwire) – Asian investors including those from Hong Kong are increasing their possession of Japanese real estates. Even then, many visit to Japan not for tourism purposes but for checking the sites for themselves. Amidst the increasing perception that the Japanese real estate market is relatively undervalued, the weakening yen adds [...]
LONDON, Jun. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Gordon Ramsay will be taking his London restaurants to Asia with the announcement that Bread Street Kitchen will be opening in central Hong Kong in September followed by further restaurants in the area and across the region later in the year and in 2015. Operating as a consultancy and [...]
SEOUL, Korea, April 15, 2014 (Korea Bizwire) – Korean conglomerates and financial service firms have almost doubled their presence in Hong Kong since the global financial debacle in 2008. However, according to Yonhap News Agency, European firms and financial companies are moving to leave the “Pearl of Asia” in droves, raising concerns among Korean companies [...]