{
  "id": 203153,
  "title": "Shares of major Hong Kong insurance, finance firms tumble following report of 20% levy",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/06/shares-of-major-hong-kong-insurance-finance-firms-tumble-following",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-06T01:59:29.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "SCMP Business",
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    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/business/banking-finance/article/3363106/shares-major-hong-kong-insurance-finance-firms-tumble-following-report-20-levy"
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  "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…",
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      {
        "outlet": "SCMP Business",
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        "published": "2026-08-05T11:00:10.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}