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Latest news and features on wealth management, with a particular focus on Hong Kong, mainland China and Asia.
Retirees exercise at a Hong Kong park. Rising life expectancy means some Hongkongers may need up to US$910,000 to fund a comfortable retirement, according to a new study. Photo: Sam Tsang
Mandatory Provident Fund (MPF)

The price of a long life: Hongkongers may need US$910,000 to retire

Study urges more tax incentives for voluntary pension savings, while a lawmaker suggests retirees consider lower-cost living in the Greater Bay Area.

Banking & finance

Opinion | Hong Kong is emerging as a leading capital hub of the multipolar era

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Banking & finance

Why are Asia’s families eyeing liquid assets to secure their children’s wealth?

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Banking & finance

Family offices eye shifting assets from North America to China, survey finds

Privately run firms managing investments of wealthy families showing ‘growing interest’ in China, UBS report says.

Chinese 100-yuan banknotes at a branch of China Merchants Bank in Hefei, Anhui province. Photo: Reuters
Chinese offshore investment

Going global? Here’s a quick look at 4 options for China’s offshore investors

As Beijing tightens its grip on unlicensed stock platforms, mainland China’s retail players utilise these state-sanctioned options to diversify globally.

Hong Kong economy

Opinion | Cross-border wealth hub crown latest sign Hong Kong is roaring back

City overtook Switzerland in BCG wealth report, underscoring vital ‘superconnector’ role between mainland and international capital markets.

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Banking & finance

Hong Kong banks pour money into wealth centres in pricey premises

HSBC, Standard Chartered and CNCBI splash out on large, harbour-view locations to lure wealthy clients and their fee income.

HSBC now has five wealth-management centres in Hong Kong, including this one that opened in September in the International Commerce Centre in West Kowloon. Photo: Handout
Banking & finance

Standard Chartered bets on Hong Kong as it raises long-term earnings goals

Bank refines 2030 profit plans, citing city’s role as a superconnector in wealth and global capital flows, with automation trimming costs.

China property

Ex-adviser urges China to tackle inequality with higher taxes on ultra-rich

Raising taxes on assets, incomes of high earners will add to state revenues and incentivise protecting property rights, economist says.

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Mainland China

Chinese successors assume control sooner as US$11 trillion wealth transfer looms

Asia-Pacific’s largest intergenerational wealth transfer in modern times is set to transpire over the next 20 to 30 years, UBS says.

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China’s inheriting generation are stepping into responsibility within their families at a younger age, according to Swiss bank UBS which has predicted a US$11 trillion wealth transfer in the Asia-Pacific region over the next 30 years.
Singapore

Why Singapore wealth-tech firms pick Hong Kong as their first overseas market

Chocolate Finance joins Syfe and Endowus in targeting the city’s wealthy population and idle savings.

People cross a street in Central on October 20, 2025. Photo: Jonathan Wong
Banking & finance

Gold, cruises and Dior: Hong Kong lenders aim to entice mainland China visitors

With 980,000 visitors from the mainland expected during golden week, Hong Kong lenders line up incentives to capture wealthy customers.

Banking & finance

Standard Chartered’s 19% first-quarter profit jump beats estimates

Wealth management gains support earnings, but margin pressure from lower rates and rising credit costs weigh on overall performance.

Auctions

The Great Wave sale highlights Hong Kong’s art market resilience

Despite overall cooling, Hong Kong’s art market shows resilience – the top end remains intact, and the lower price brackets stay steady.

After the post-pandemic surge, art sales declined globally in 2024. Photo: Sotheby’s
Family offices

How the Middle East war is boosting family offices, private banking in Hong Kong

Conflict prompts rich investors to diversify, boosting Hong Kong’s role as a hub for family offices and private banking.

Hong Kong was the world’s top initial public offering market in the first quarter, after reclaiming the title last year for the first time since 2019. Photo: Dickson Lee
Banking & finance

Life insurance sales in Hong Kong hit record amid ‘rise of millionaires’

Industry wrote US$42.2 billion in new life policies last year, ‘capturing both onshore and offshore demand across Asia’, HSBC Life CEO says.

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Stock Connect

Brazil beckoned: China now has stock and bond ‘connect’ schemes in 5 regions

Strategic financial corridors now bridge mainland bourses with global hubs, enabling more seamless investment through specialised fund vehicles and receipts.

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Millionaires and billionaires

Mainland China’s ultra-wealthy numbers rise as Hong Kong poised for rebound

China’s ultra-wealthy population has grown 23 per cent in five years, while Hong Kong is forecast to see a 25 per cent rebound by 2031.

China’s share of global UHNWIs edged down by one percentage point to 17 per cent this year. Photo: Getty Images
Hong Kong economy

Letters | How Hong Kong can attract talent and capital from the Middle East

Readers discuss the opportunity for the city created by the Iran war, the proposal to allow taxis into Discovery Bay, and a planned pig farm in Sheung Shui.

Banking & finance

Hong Kong well positioned to attract global capital amid geopolitical shifts

Hong Kong is attracting global investors seeking stability as interest grows in its financial markets, FSDC officials say.

Banking & finance

Liquid courage: Hong Kong fund pitches whisky as alternative investment

Fund pitches spirit as hedge and sees downturn as a rare entry point, citing emotional buying and shifting consumption trends.

Whisky has been gaining traction among wealthy investors seeking alternatives to traditional safe havens, according to an investment firm. Photo: Shutterstock
Banking & finance

Cash holdings rise amid war, but Asia remains key for wealthy: Schroders CEO

High-net-worth clients continue to seek opportunities in Asia, taking a longer-term view despite global uncertainties, Richard Oldfield says.

Schroders Group CEO Richard Oldfield at the company’s Hong Kong office in Admiralty on April 15. Photo: Eugene Lee
Banking & finance

Mark Mobius, pioneering investor in China, dies at 89

‘Father of emerging markets’ was among the first fund managers to champion investments in Hong Kong and mainland China.

Banking & finance

HSBC stays the course in the Middle East despite war

The bank will continue to invest in the UAE, alongside India, China and Singapore, says Surendra Rosha, co-CEO for Asia and the Middle East.

Mandatory Provident Fund (MPF)

MPF growth streak breaks as assets fall 6 per cent in March

Average pension savings fell HK$20,071 in March, leaving members HK$4,556 lower for the quarter.

Total MPF assets fell to HK$1.532 trillion (US$196 billion) at the end of March, down HK$99.2 billion. Photo: Handout
Mandatory Provident Fund (MPF)

Hong Kong’s MPF set to report worst performance in 3 years in March

The MPF funds’ monthly showing was the worst in three years as they tracked the Hang Seng Index, which also fell to a three-year low.

The MPF’s March performance is expected to make for poor reading for the scheme’s 4.8 million members. Photo: May Tse
Mainland China

Sketching a recovery: China puts next-gen art buyers in the frame amid slowdown

A US$83 trillion global wealth transfer in next two to three decades is beginning to reshape China’s art market: UBS.

Mainland China

Hong Kong a ‘safe harbour’ for family wealth as global tensions rise: officials

City provides a stable platform for growth and deployment of capital amid ‘uncertainty and conflicts’, Financial Secretary Paul Chan says.

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