Hong Kong ‘crucial’ for promoting yuan’s growing role in international finance

Hong Kong ‘crucial’ for promoting yuan’s growing role in international finance

Hong Kong is expected to play a bigger role in the internationalisation of the yuan as liquidity increases and uses for businesses and individuals broaden significantly, according to officials and market participants. The city was already the world’s biggest offshore yuan business centre, with the largest offshore liquidity pool, foreign-exchange market and over-the-counter market for…

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Hong Kong can’t rest on laurels once it overtakes Switzerland as top family office hub: official

Hong Kong can’t rest on laurels once it overtakes Switzerland as top family office hub: official

Hong Kong is set to overtake Switzerland as the world’s top destination for cross-border wealth management in the next couple of years, but growing competition does not leave room for complacency, according to Joseph Chan Ho-lim, the undersecretary for financial services and the treasury. He cited reports by UBS and Boston Consulting Group, which predicted…

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