Australian Wine Exports To China Plummet By 98% 澳大利亚葡萄酒对华出口暴跌98%

Australian Wine Exports To China Plummet By 98%

Australian wine exports have dropped off a cliff in the Chinese market since the initial ruling of the anti-dumping tariffs measures.
Figures showed that Australian wine exports to China fell by US$158 million – from US$162 million in October to US$4 million in December, which is a 98% drop.

Red wine is the worst affected category undertaking the biggest hit. It showed the huge and immediate impact on Australian wine after the introduction of new measures.

On 28 November 2020, the Chinese Ministry of Commerce officially announced that it would charge a fee ranging from 107.1% to 212.1% for related imported wines originating in Australia.

On 10 December 2020, the Ministry announced again that it would impose a temporary anti-subsidy duties with additional fees ranging from 6.3% to 6.4% for all Australian wine suppliers.

澳大利亚葡萄酒对华出口暴跌98%
自反倾销关税措施初步裁定后，澳大利亚葡萄酒对中国市场的出口大幅下滑。数据显示，12月份澳大利亚葡萄酒对中国出口为400万美元，相比10月份的1.62亿美元减少了1.58亿美元，下降98%。其中，红葡萄酒是受影响最大的品类。

Short Video Pioneer Kuaishou Primed for Biggest Tech IPO Since Uber

Kuaishou Technology, the operator of China’s most popular short-video service after ByteDance Ltd.’s Douyin, jumped 194% in its Hong Kong debut after a $5.4 billion initial public offering that attracted hundreds of billions of dollars of orders.
The shares opened at HK$338, compared with the IPO price of HK$115, valuing the Tencent Holdings Ltd.-backed firm at $179 billion. The company sold about 365 million shares at the top of its price range in a deal that ranks as the world’s biggest internet IPO since Uber Technologies Inc.’s $8.1 billion U.S. share sale in May 2019.

That spectacular rise conferred on Kuaishou a price tag rivaling ByteDance, which sought funds at a $180 billion valuation. If the gains hold, that would give Kuaishou the second-best debut ever for an IPO over $1 billion in the world, data compiled by Bloomberg show. It joins an already long list of floats that have popped on their first day of trading in recent months amid a glut of liquidity and ultra-low interest rates.

Kuaishou’s coming-out party broke records in Hong Kong for the number of retail investors subscribing to its shares and the amount pledged in the process. About 1.4 million mom-and-pop investors -- one of every five people in the city -- submitted HK$1.26 trillion ($163 billion) of orders, while institutional buyers stumped up almost $200 billion.

The demand matched the frenzy for the Hong Kong leg of Ant Group Co.’s mega IPO, which drew in HK$1.3 trillion of bids for its retail tranche, before the planned $17.2 billion offering collapsed.

Founded by former Google employee Su Hua and Cheng Yixiao as an app built around sharing animated GIF images, Kuaishou pivoted to short video in 2013 and added live streaming in 2016, landing footholds in what eventually became two of the hottest social media formats in the world.
“老铁”们的快手今日上市！
2月5日，“短视频第一股”快手将登陆港交所，发行价115港元/股，股票代码1024.HK。2月4日晚间暗盘交易，快手一度涨超260%，最终报收336.6港元/股，总市值达1.38万亿港元。
快手此次IPO受到市场追捧，成为近期新股发行的人气王，当然跟其背后巨大的群众基础分不开，最新数据显示，快手平均日活跃用户超3亿、月活超7亿；独创“老铁经济”，电商GMV两年增长千倍，如今电商、游戏、二次元、知识付费等多元业务并行发展。它的背后还站着腾讯、百度等资本。

HSBC mulls over moving top executives to Hong Kong or Singapore to strengthen Asia push

HSBC Holdings is considering relocating a handful of senior executives from London to Hong Kong or Singapore as Europe's largest lender bets its future on Asia.
The bank is mulling over moving London-based Greg Guyett and Georges Elhedery, the co-heads of its investment bank, to Asia, people familiar with the matter said, declining to be identified as the details are private.
Other direct reports to chief executive Noel Quinn are also being considered for relocations, placing more top decision-makers in the region where it makes the bulk of its money, the people said.

The moves are being considered as HSBC prepares to announce the outcome of a strategic review this month. A spokesman for HSBC in London declined to comment.

HSBC is planning to shift billions in capital to Asia, in particular to China, to reignite profitability as it scales back or exits businesses in Europe and the United States where less economic momentum and rock-bottom interest rates have made it difficult to make money.
Having more executives in the region will show investors and policymakers that it is serious about its expansion plans, at a time when an occasionally tense relationship with Beijing is on the mend.
HSBC is almost a year into a major restructuring that was partially held back by the Covid-19 pandemic, and is expected to update its plans and results on Feb 23.
汇丰计划将多位高管调至香港或新加坡，未来押注亚洲
近日，越来越多的迹象表明，汇丰银行（HSBC）正看好亚洲市场，欲在这一广阔市场大展拳脚。
汇丰正考虑将一部分企业高管人员从伦敦调往香港或新加坡，以加强和推动公司发展。该报道认为，汇丰此举无疑是将其未来押注在了亚洲。
汇丰银行正考虑将其投资银行的两位联席主管格雷格•盖特（Greg Guyett）和乔治•埃尔赫德利（Georges Elhedery），从总部伦敦调往亚洲地区。由于此事的细节并未公开，因此知情人士要求匿名。
知情人士还透露，其他一些直接向汇丰CEO祈耀年（Noel Quinn）报告事务的高管，也在被调动的计划之中，汇丰越来越多的高层决策者将会驻扎在该公司的主要盈利地区。对此消息，目前汇丰驻伦敦的发言人拒绝置评。
报道指出，汇丰考虑这些举措，正值该公司准备于本月宣布战略评估结果之际。汇丰银行的重大重组工作已进行了近一年，但由于新冠疫情的原因，部分进程受阻，汇丰预计将在2月23日公布去年全年业绩的同时，更新重组计划。
汇丰正在缩减或退出在欧洲及美国的业务，同时计划将数十亿美元的资本转移到亚洲，特别是中国，以此重新激发盈利能力。目前，欧洲和美国的经济增长势头减弱，利率也跌至谷底，这些因素让汇丰很难获得利润。
报道称，如能在亚洲地区安置更多公司高管，汇丰便可向投资者们和政策决策者们表明态度，自己在中国的扩展计划是认真的。

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