About Renavon Hong Kong Database

• What is Renavon?
• Who is Behind Renavon?
• Data Sources & Attribution
• License & Usage
• Copyright Notice
• Disclaimer

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What is Renavon Hong Kong Database?

Renavon Hong Kong Database is a public financial data platform providing free access to comprehensive information about Hong Kong listed companies, corporate governance, beneficial ownership tracking through CCASS (Central Clearing and Settlement System), and related financial data spanning over 35 years.

This platform preserves and makes accessible a vast repository of Hong Kong financial market data including:

• Company Information: Details on thousands of Hong Kong-incorporated and listed companies, including officers, advisers, ownership structures, and corporate actions
• CCASS Holdings: Historical beneficial ownership data from Hong Kong's Central Clearing system dating back to 2007, tracking significant ownership changes
• Stock Market Data: Historical prices, quotes, dividends, splits, and total returns calculations
• Regulatory Data: SFC licensee information, Hong Kong Law Society records, UK Companies House data for cross-border entities
• Corporate Governance: Board composition, committee structures, audit relationships, and adviser networks

The database is designed for researchers, investors, journalists, academics, and anyone interested in transparency and accountability in Hong Kong's financial markets.

Who is Behind Renavon?

Renavon Hong Kong Database is operated by Renavon, part of the Public Data Market ecosystem dedicated to democratizing access to high-quality datasets.

Our Mission: To preserve and provide free public access to critical financial transparency data, honoring the CC-BY 4.0 open-source principles established by David M. Webb.

Connect with Renavon:

• GitHub: github.com/renavon
• LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/renavon
• Twitter/X: @renavondata

Renavon is committed to maintaining this database as a public resource in perpetuity, ensuring that Hong Kong financial transparency data remains accessible to researchers, journalists, investors, and the public.

Data Sources & Attribution

This database contains data originally compiled by Webb-site.com, founded and operated by David M. Webb MBE since 1998.

David Webb generously released the Webb-site database schemas and scrapers as open source in October 2025 under the Creative Commons CC-BY 4.0 license, allowing anyone to mirror, use, and build upon this invaluable dataset with attribution.

We gratefully acknowledge Webb-site.com as the original compiler of this data and David Webb's 35-year contribution to transparency in Hong Kong's financial markets.

Data is sourced from public domain sources including:

• Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEX)
• Securities and Futures Commission (SFC)
• Companies Registry Hong Kong
• Companies House UK (for cross-border entities)
• Hong Kong Law Society
• Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA)
• Other government and regulatory bodies

License & Usage

The data in this database is provided under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC-BY 4.0) license.

You are free to:

• Share — copy and redistribute the data in any medium or format
• Adapt — remix, transform, and build upon the data for any purpose, even commercially

Under the following terms:

• Attribution — You must give appropriate credit to Webb-site.com as the original compiler, provide a link to the CC-BY 4.0 license, and indicate if changes were made

We encourage you to:

• Mirror this database on your own servers with public access
• Build analysis tools and applications using this data
• Integrate this data into research and journalism
• Make derivatives freely available to promote transparency

Suggested Attribution: "Data from Renavon Hong Kong Database, originally compiled by Webb-site.com | CC-BY 4.0"

Copyright Notice

The database structure, data compilation, and software are released under CC-BY 4.0 license as described above.

Important: While the database is open source, editorial content from Webb-site Reports (articles, analysis, and opinions published 1998-2025) remains copyright David M. Webb and is NOT included in this database or covered by the CC-BY 4.0 license.

Where this site links to archived Webb-site Reports articles, those links direct to Archive.org's preserved copies for historical reference only.

Disclaimer

The data in this database is provided "as is" without warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied.

No Liability: While we strive for accuracy, we make no representations or warranties about:

• The completeness, accuracy, or reliability of the data
• The suitability of the data for any particular purpose
• The timeliness or currency of the data

Not Investment Advice: Nothing in this database constitutes investment advice, financial advice, trading advice, or any other sort of advice. You should not treat any of the database content as such.

Do Your Own Research: Users should independently verify any information before relying on it for investment, legal, or business decisions.

Data Lag: Database updates depend on scraper schedules and source data availability. Some data may be delayed or incomplete.

Third Party Sources: We aggregate data from government and regulatory sources. We are not responsible for errors or omissions in the original source data.

Limitation of Liability: In no event shall Renavon or its operators be liable for any claims, damages, or losses arising from use of this database.

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