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Business Valuation Challenges with the New Reality

Valuations are generally based upon consideration of three principal approaches: namely, the income, market and cost (or asset) approaches. While each of these approaches have their own pros and cons, valuation professionals have been putting much more emphasis on the current Covid-19 environment to the discounted cash flow (DCF) method,…
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October 29, 2021
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Hong Kong Economy Latest Developments

Last published by HK Office of the Government Economist:8 October 2021   Gross Domestic Product and its major components (PDF) (Excel) Latest situation The Hong Kong economy remained on track for recovery in the second quarter of 2021, with real GDP continuing to grow notably by 7.6% over a year earlier…
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October 13, 2021
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IVS updated!

The latest edition of the International Valuation Standards (IVS) marks an important milestone towards harmonising valuation practice worldwide.  IVS serve as the key guide for valuation professionals globally and will underpin consistency, transparency and confidence in valuations which are key to investment decisions, financial reporting and finacial market stability. IVS…
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August 26, 2021
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Hong Kong to restrict crypto exchanges to professional investors

Cryptocurrency exchanges operating in Hong Kong will have to be licenced by the city's markets regulator and will only be allowed to provide services to professional investors, according to government proposals published on Friday.Governments and financial regulators around the world are still assessing whether and how they should regulate the…
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Hong Kong considering allowing SPAC listings

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong is exploring whether to allow Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPAC) to list in the Asian financial hub, according to a government statement, indicating that a largely U.S. phenomenon could be going global. A SPAC is a blank-cheque company that raises money through an initial…