Hong Kong’s Future as an Infrastructure Financing Hub

Cover Story

Hong Kong’s Future as an Infrastructure Financing Hub

Major proposed projects, such as the Northern Metropolis and Kau Yi Chau Artificial Islands Project, are iconic for the Hong Kong market and complement a wide range of other projects. Together, this pipeline of infrastructure projects presents a significant opportunity for Hong Kong’s banking sector.

Special Article

Making Good Use of Hong Kong’s Advantages

Bringing together a mix of high-level policy decision makers and leading voices in the banking and corporate financial world, the two-day Asian Financial Forum 2024 (AFF), which took place in January, provided insights on a wide range of headline economic topics from a global, regional and Hong Kong perspective, including different ways that Hong Kong can leverage its strategic advantages to reinforce the city’s status as an international financial centre.

China World

Examining the Potential of Freer Convertibility between CNY and HKD in the Greater Bay Area

With a number of proactive strategies aimed at propagating high-quality development in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA) in the pipeline, the Hong Kong Institute of Bankers Publications Sub-Committee explores the economic and financial integration possibilities if freer convertibility between the renminbi (RMB) and Hong Kong dollar (HKD) in the GBA were to be enacted.

Fintech

Challenges and Opportunities for Traditional Banks in an Increasing Digitally-Driven World

How do banks adapt to an increasing Fintech and digitally-driven world? Is simply offering loans, deposits, and other existing services via digital platforms enough to keep pace with their Fintech peers or do they need to explore new ways to generate growth?

GRC Corner

De-Risking Virtual Assets for the Banking Sector: An Overview of Hong Kong Regulations

Hong Kong is a digital asset hub, with a number of businesses operating in and from Hong Kong or targeting the Hong Kong market. This has been positioned as a new and almost contrarian shift in policy. However, the regulatory journey of virtual assets in Hong Kong charts a different story.

Change Horizons

How can Asia-Pacific Banks Attract Generation Z to be Future Banking Leaders?

To draw and retain Generation Z (Gen Z) talent keen on careers in banking, Asia-Pacific (APAC) and Hong Kong banks must focus on workforce transformation themes that matter deeply to them. Attracting this cohort requires incumbents to implement a diverse, equitable and inclusive (DE&I) culture and elevate their workforce technologies to maximise appeal, or else risk losing new talent to other industry sectors.