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Health looked after like wealth
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When your bank starts thinking about your health

  • From wealth management to taking care of your wellness needs, banking proposition is beginning to include how clients stay well, not just how they invest

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Eliza Law, Head of Affluent Segment & Distribution, Standard Chartered Hong Kong (right); Dr Chung Kin Lai, CEO of CUHK Medical Centre.
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One morning, you wake up feeling slightly off. Not ill enough to seek urgent care, but aware that something is out of balance. It’s the kind of discomfort that is easy to ignore, but hard to dismiss. Rather than waiting for it to get worse, you tell yourself it’s better safe than sorry and look for some advice. 

Seen this way, staying well is about paying attention early, keeping good habits and seeking professional advice before health issues become irreversible. In Hong Kong, looking after wellbeing is increasingly being treated as part of a holistic wealth management approach by banks. 

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Standard Chartered’ s Priority Private has long been positioned as a blend of wealth solutions and lifestyle experiences for affluent clients, characterised by curated global events and privileges. With the growing importance of health and wellbeing, Priority Private has launched an all-round elevation to their privileges, incorporating health and wellness as a core part of their proposition. 

The refreshed proposition brings together core financial services with extended privileges covering Travel, Health and Next generational learning opportunities, developed through strategic partnerships.  

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Preventive health as a lifestyle choice

Hong Kong is home to one of the world’s largest concentrations of wealthy residents, with tens of thousands of people holding assets well above global thresholds. However, wealth alone is no longer the defining aspiration. Longevity, quality of life and control over time now carry equal weight.
Partnering with CUHK Medical Centre (CUHKMC), Priority Private now includes a structured health and wellness proposition that focuses on preventive care, shifting from reactive treatment to regular wellness visits. 

As a university-affiliated institution, the hospital follows an academic medical framework, with structured clinical governance and access to specialist expertise across both Western and Chinese medicine.

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Selected clients are entitled to complimentary consultations in physiotherapy, nutrition management, Chinese medicine and family medicine, as well as preferential access to health plans, designated vaccines and discounted comprehensive check-ups. These services offer a comprehensive range of specialised consultations, allowing clients of different age group or lifestyle to benefit from these wellness benefits.  

A common difficulty in hospital visits is transportation, where parking is often limited or costly.  For those arriving CUHKMC by car, Standard Chartered Priority Private also takes care of their parking arrangement, making their wellness visits more convenient and less stressful.  
Eliza Law, Head of Affluent Segment & Distribution, Standard Chartered Hong Kong, says the approach reflects how clients increasingly think about wellbeing. 
“We see health as something that benefits from consistency and informed guidance, rather than last-minute decisions. By working with trusted partners, our clients are well supported in making choices that fit into their lives over time,” she says.
In a city where wealth, time pressure and access have long been part of daily life, wellbeing is increasingly treated as a resource to be managed. For the affluent, holistic healthcare is now part of a curated lifestyle, woven into financial planning, travel and private networks. And this change of mindset suggests a different way high-net-worth individuals now think about value.
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Health and wellness, once treated as optional extras, are now part of how the wealthy organise their lives.

 

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