
A strengthening yen and Treasury buy-backs also highlight shifting global market dynamics.
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China's stock market performance has impacted financial sector earnings, while Hong Kong continues to manage growing retirement fund assets.
China’s buoyant stock market lifted brokers’ earnings in the first half, while Hong Kong saw continued growth in retirement assets. Beyond China, a strengthening yen and Washington’s Treasury buy-back programme highlighted shifting dynamics in global currency and bond markets.
Here are some of the figures that have drawn the most market attention this week.
Chinese brokerage revenue jumps more than 50 per cent
The broader industry also benefited from the market rally, with 150 brokerages reporting a 23.5 per cent average increase in net profit as operating revenue climbed 31 per cent, according to the Securities Association of China.
Hong Kong’s MPF assets reach HK$1.67 trillion
The Financial Services Development Council has proposed allowing part of the fund to invest in alternative assets and infrastructure, while calling for Hong Kong to attract more long-term mainland capital to invest globally through the city.
On September 10, the first container ship "Huihai 5688" sailed from the Pinglu Canal to the coastal port of the Beibu Gulf and left Qinzhou Port after completing the loading operation, marking that the entire Pinglu Canal river-sea combined transport has officially entered the practical navigation stage, and the linkage pattern between the Beibu Gulf Port and the Xijiang River Basin has been fully launched.
As of the end of August, all 54 publicly offered REITs in the Shanghai stock market had completed the disclosure of their 2026 interim reports, and the total cash distribution in the first half of the year exceeded 4.3 billion yuan. At the same time, the Shanghai Stock Exchange's publicly offered REITs information disclosure column has completed functional upgrades, optimized search and disclosure time display, and improved market transparency.

The 2026 Kaohsiung International Building Materials Exhibition opened at the Kaohsiung Exhibition Hall, bringing together more than a hundred manufacturers to showcase green building materials, smart homes and energy-saving equipment. Vice Mayor Lin Qinrong attended and issued 11 optoelectronic smart building badges to promote the city's net-zero transformation.

The event materials for the 2026 World Motocross Championship in Shanghai, China, and the first batch of imported materials for the 48th World Skills Competition were successfully cleared under the supervision of Shanghai Customs. The customs ensured the efficient flow of materials through customized plans and the "one code to the end" traceability model.
The Henan venue event for the 2026 National Unified Destruction Action for Infringing, Counterfeit and Shoddy Goods was held in Zhoukou on the 10th. A total of 880.49 tons of infringing, counterfeit and shoddy goods with a value of more than 72.95 million yuan were intensively destroyed, demonstrating Henan’s determination to crack down on the illegal production and sale of counterfeit and shoddy goods.

Due to the dispute between China and the Panama Canal port, Beijing stepped up the detention of Panamanian-registered ships, triggering a rare wave of registration changes. In the first half of 2026, 642 ships transferred out of Panama. Chinese shipowners were the largest group of expatriates, and the largest number of ships transferred to Taiwan's friendly country, the Marshall Islands.