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HKEX and BSE Agree to Dual Listing of Stocks

The Hong Kong and Beijing stock exchanges signed a memorandum of understanding to support qualified companies to apply for listing on each other’s markets, opening the door for long-term cooperation between the two stock markets. Under the agreement, qualified companies traded on the Beijing Stock Exchange (BSE) can apply for flotation on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKEX) and […]

86% of catastrophe and natural disaster losses in APAC uninsured in 2022: Aon

Insurance and reinsurance broker Aon’s recently published Weather, Climate and Catastrophe Report: Asia Pacific Insights, identifies global natural disaster and climate trends in the region, highlighting a large protection gap in the region. The report reveals that natural disasters in the Asia Pacific (APAC) region in 2022 caused $80 billion in economic losses, of which […]

China is engaging with Central Asia like never before

Central Asian leaders recently convened in Xi’an to announce an unprecedented number of agreements with China. Deepening ties with Beijing come as other international actors have failed to deliver on investment in the region on the same scale as China.  From the perspective of many Central Asian officials, geography and history are destiny. Sandwiched between […]

Bloomberg: Hong Kong’s catastrophe bond market can reach $2 billion by 2025

Hong Kong’s catastrophe bond market may grow to $2 billion by 2025, accounting for 4-5% of global cat bonds, according to a poll conducted at Bloomberg’s Insurance Forum. Authorities recently extended a grant program in a bid promote the city as a regional hub for insurance-linked securities, a $40 billion market dominated by Bermuda. FULL […]

Singapore extends ILS Grant Scheme three years to end 2025: MAS

The insurance-linked securities (ILS) grant scheme in Singapore has been a significant help in the country attracting catastrophe bonds and other ILS activity and it has now been extended by a further three years, to run until the end of 2025. Singapore began its focus on insurance-linked securities (ILS) as a business opportunity around 2016, […]

Hong Kong to extend ILS Grant Scheme by two years

The government of Hong Kong is proposing a two year extension to its Pilot ILS Grant Scheme, which it hopes will help to continue the development of its insurance‑linked securities (ILS) offering and attract more issuers to locate catastrophe bond and ILS arrangements there. This was announced by Hong Kong’s Financial Secretary the Hon Paul […]

Hong Kong to extend ILS Grant Scheme by two years

The government of Hong Kong is proposing a two year extension to its Pilot ILS Grant Scheme, which it hopes will help to continue the development of its insurance‑linked securities (ILS) offering and attract more issuers to locate catastrophe bond and ILS arrangements there. This was announced by Hong Kong’s Financial Secretary the Hon Paul […]

Strong earthquake strikes Tajikistan, near border with China

Reuters DUSHANBE, Feb 23 (Reuters) – An earthquake of about 6.8 magnitude shook eastern Tajikistan at 5:37 a.m. (0037 GMT) on Thursday, Tajik authorities said, which was felt in China and other neighbouring countries. The earthquake struck the mountainous Gorno-Badakhshan autonomous region which was earlier this month hit by a series of deadly avalanches. Although […]

PICC P&C’s Great Wall Re cat bond listed on Bermuda Stock Exchange

The Bermuda Stock Exchange (BSX) has become the listing home for another Hong Kong issued catastrophe bond, with the notes from Chinese domestic insurer PICC Property and Casualty Company Limited’s $32.5 million Great Wall Re Limited cat bond now listed on the exchange. The Bermuda Stock Exchange (BSX) continues to be the listing venue of choice […]

Development roadmap for Hong Kong insurance revealed at IA event

A development roadmap for the insurance sector in Hong Kong has been unveiled at a recent event held by the Insurance Authority (IA). At the event, the Government revealed details about a development roadmap for the insurance sector, expounded by Christopher Hui, Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury of the HKSAR, and Clement Cheung, […]

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