The Aporia · Standard Chartered beats forecast as wealth business powers third-quarter profit

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🔮 Standard Chartered beats forecast as wealth business powers third-quarter profit Wealth management and cross-border lending help offset property and geopolitical provisions Standard Chartered’s third-quarter net profit rose 46 per cent as strong growth in cross-border trade loans and wealth management buffered one of Hong Kong’s three note-issuing banks from provisions linked to geopolitical tensions. Net profit increased to US$1.5 billion, or 68.9 US cents per share, in the quarter that ended on September 30, compared with US$1.03 billion a year earlier, the London-based bank said in a filing to the Hong Kong stock exchange on Wednesday.

2026-10-28 · assertive framing · Standard Chartered beats forecast as wealth business powers third-quarter profit

🔮 Chinese biotech giant WuXi AppTec raises 2026 outlook after profit surge Strong demand for drug development drove the forecast, though the firm faces ongoing scrutiny from Washington WuXi AppTec raised its full-year revenue guidance after its net profit surged 62.4 per cent in the first nine months of 2026, while revenue rose 38.6 per cent on strong demand for its drug development and manufacturing services.

2026-10-26 · mixed framing · Chinese biotech giant WuXi AppTec raises 2026 outlook after profit surge

🔮 Funds eye potential mainland investor participation and could join ETF Connect within six months, asset manager says China Asset Management (Hong Kong), the offshore arm of one of mainland China’s largest asset managers, launched three exchange-traded funds (ETFs) in the city on Thursday, expanding its product line-up as investors seek more diversified strategies amid market volatility.

2026-09-24 · mixed framing · ChinaAMC launches 3 Hong Kong ETFs as demand for targeted strategies grows

🔮 Despite high risk tolerance, millennials and Gen Z invest in safer assets due to a combination of factors, a study shows Young Chinese investors may be just as willing to take risks as their global peers, but their portfolios remain more conservative against a backdrop of years of relative underperformance in China’s stock market, a prolonged property downturn and deflation, according to a senior researcher at the CFA Institute Research and Policy Centre.

2026-09-11 · assertive framing · China’s young investors embrace risk. Why are their portfolios so safe?

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