Hong Kong must ease listing rules to attract more angel funds and start-ups: HKEIA

Hong Kong would need to ease its listing rules and transaction requirements to attract more angel funds and become a hub for start-ups to go global, according to a leading industry body in the city.

The city has only around 100 active angel funds – private investment vehicles targeting very early-stage innovative enterprises.

This was far fewer than Shenzhen, which had about 400 such institutions, according to Samson Tam Wai-ho, honorary chairman of the Hong Kong Electronic Industries...