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Prudential Plc

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Prudential Plc
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The latest news and top stories on Prudential Plc, the British-domiciled insurer that is dual-listed ion London and Hong Kong. It offers life and health insurance, long-term savings, and asset management, serving over 18 million customers across Asia and Africa.
A banner featuring the Prudential logo atop a building in Tsim Sea Tsui, Hong Kong. Photo: Handout
Insurance

Prudential’s new business profit growth slows, US$300m share buy-back announced

New business profit increases 8 per cent to US$1.38 billion in first half as market braces for potential fall in number of mainland visitors.

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Hong Kong property

Prudential Hong Kong expands headquarters across Swire Properties’ towers

Chinese offshore investment

Opinion | Beijing’s offshore insurance tax tests Hong Kong wealth management

Banking & finance

Don’t panic: China says 20% offshore insurance tax does not target Hong Kong

Beijing urged the market not to overreact to the policy – which it stressed was not new – after reports of the tax triggered a sell-off in Hong Kong.

The share prices of major financial firms in Hong Kong dipped on Thursday, after reports of that Chinese authorities had started levying a 20 per cent tax on gains from offshore insurance policies. Photo: SCMP/Sam Tsang
Hong Kong stock market

As Hong Kong shares react to 20% levy report, investors eye Beijing’s next steps

Prudential, AIA and HSBC slid following report of the insurance levy, though Goldman Sachs says profit fallout may be limited.

IPO

Zhongji sets highest subscription threshold in Hong Kong IPO history

Zhongji sets an IPO city record for minimum lot price, which may price out retail investors though institutional demand remains strong.

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Hong Kong courts

Former executive of Hong Kong’s insurance regulator acquitted of misconduct

Anti-corruption agency had alleged that Carol Hui coerced insurer Prudential into hiring her daughter-in-law.

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The ICAC had alleged misconduct in public office against two defendants. Photo: Karma Lo
Hong Kong society

Hong Kong marks 85th anniversary of Bruce Lee’s arrival with statue and exhibition

Life-size bronze statue unveiled at former site of Lee family home on Nathan Road, alongside exhibition of rare photos and posters.

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Hong Kong stock market

Why is the Hang Seng Tech Index underperforming while AI shares soar?

The gauge has fallen 5.5 per cent this year, while newly listed AI firms Zhipu AI, MiniMax and Beijing Haizhi are up at least fivefold.

Banking & finance

Digital finance forum: AI, data to smooth trade-finance processes

Bankers from HSBC, Hang Seng Bank and ICBC Asia tout technology innovation to ease pain points for trade-finance clients.

Permanent secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury Salina Yan speaks at the Development & Innovation of AI for Digital Finance forum at Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre in Wan Chai on Monday. Photo: Eugene Lee
Education in Hong Kong

2 Hong Kong pupils win top prizes in first global youth storytelling competition

Vanessa Jane Wong and Wan Ruixi impress judges in STANCE Storytelling Competition 2025 organised by the Post.

Wan Ruixi (second left) receives her award from judges Esther Cheung (left), deputy editor of SCMP’s Young Post, Spark and Posties, and Gary Lo, storytelling coach and managing director of Glo Consulting. They are joined by the Post’s Ang Jin (right). Photo: SCMP
Hong Kong

McDonald’s Hong Kong named Company of the Year at SCMP Live’s Business Awards

The restaurant chain’s CEO Randy Lai and chairman Zhang Yichen received the award from SCMP’s CEO Catherine So at an event on Friday.

Insurance

Hong Kong insurers identify 8,700 policies owned by Tai Po fire victims

Residents of Wang Fuk Court hold 7,600 active life and 1,100 property policies provided by some 30 insurers, Insurance Authority CEO says.

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SCMP Business Awards

Xpeng’s founder headlines SCMP Live’s 2025 Business Awards

The winners of the awards in six categories will be announced on December 12 in Hong Kong.

Pedestrians in Hong Kong’s Central district on February 26, 2025. Photo: Eugene Lee
Aryna Sabalenka

‘I’m going to kick his a**’: Aryna Sabalenka on her year of fire and fun

The playful world No 1 discusses everything from her US Open triumph to teasing a Battle of the Sexes match with Nick Kyrgios.

Aryna Sabalenka strikes a pose at the Regent Hong Kong hotel in Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong, on October 14. Photo: Jelly Tse
Hong Kong Tennis Association

Tennis legend Agassi praises Hong Kong’s ‘exceptional’ pickleball potential

Eight-time grand slam winner has become a prominent figure in the pickleball scene in recent years.

Banking & finance

Prudential expands partnerships, AI for cross-border business: CEO

Moves aim to serve Hongkongers getting care across the Greater Bay Area, while also meeting voracious policy demand from mainland visitors.

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Malaysia

Are ‘unscrupulous’ insurers causing richer Malaysians to seek public hospitals?

With private healthcare costs surging, more pressure on the public healthcare system could deprive Malaysians of affordable and timely care.

An elderly man receives a dose of a COVID-19 vaccine at a local hospital. A Malaysian lawmaker says many high-income Malaysians have fallen victim to “unregulated and irresponsible marketing” by insurers. Photo: Bernama
Stemming the tide in Tai O

Stemming the tide: how seashells can restore Tai O’s coastal habitat

Prudential and A Plastic Ocean Foundation are joining efforts to protect one of Hong Kong’s most flood-prone villages from shoreline erosion.

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IPO

FWD rises as it ends listing quest with a win in its hometown market

The Hong Kong IPO is not the end-game for the home-grown Hong Kong insurer, as its CEO Huynh eyes a new growth phase.

FWD Group’s chairman Fred Ma (4th right), founder Richard Li (2nd left) and CEO Huynh Thanh Phong (3rd left), during the insurer’s trading debut on the Hong Kong stock exchange on July 7, 2025. Photo: Sun Yeung
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