Shares of major Hong Kong insurance, finance firms tumble following report of 20% levy
- Source
- South China Morning Post - Business
- Source link
- https://www.scmp.com/business/banking-finance/article/3363106/shares-major-hong-kong-insurance-finance-firms-tumble-following-report-20-levy?utm_source=rss_feed
- Published
- 2026-08-06 01:59:29
- Discovered by ProcIntel
- 2026-08-06 03:10:39
- Category
- Procurement & Supply Chain News
- Geography
- China
- Organisations
- —
- Review status
- Pending
- Record type
- REAL
Summary
Shares of major Hong Kong-listed insurance and financial institutions tumbled on Thursday, after reports surfaced that mainland Chinese authorities had begun taxing gains on offshore insurance policies bought by mainland visitors in the city, reviving fears of tighter curbs on cross-border capital flows. In early trading as of 9.45am, Prudential, whose Hong Kong hub was its biggest profit driver last year, fell 5.9 per cent, while pan-Asian life insurer AIA Group dropped 6.6 per cent. Major...
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