Shuli Ren It was supposed to be a big celebration for Hong Kong. This week’s Global Financial Leaders’ Investment Summit, organized by the city’s central bank, was meant to showcase the revival of Hong Kong as Asia’s financial hub, after years of isolation that resulted from stringent Covid controls. But the mood is all gloom and doom. Since China’s Communist ...

Stephen Mihm The midterms are here, and with it predictions that the nation’s economic woes will cost Democrats control of Congress. As one pundit on Fox News recently declared, political consultant James Carville’s 1992 adage, “It’s the economy, stupid,” still applies. Polling data seems to support this point of view. But applying a 30-year-old rule of thumb for a presidential ...

Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd.’s investing banking arm is planning to expand its operation by hiring about 20 bankers, betting on a rebound in deals activity next year. The addition would mean a 25% increase to its current 80-strong investment banking unit, according to S Ramesh, managing director and chief executive officer of Kotak Investment Banking. The firm is looking to ...