One of the most significant global investment trends over the last decade is the rise of the exchange traded fund (ETF). Relatively low fees and broad index-based exposure have made these passive investment products extremely popular all over the world. In Asia Pacific, assets under management by ETFs have surged six times over the last ten years1, and Hong Kong has played an important role in the development of the regional market.

A conference held Thursday in Hong Kong highlighted the opportunities for the international financial hub in integrating into the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA).

Southlink is a mechanism for mainland institutional investors to invest in the Hong Kong bond market through a link between the mainland and Hong Kong basic services institutions. Since its launch one year ago, Southbound Connect has witnessed a growing trading volume and increasingly active investors, which not only increases the investment channels for mainland institutional investors, but also helps to steadily promote the two-way opening of China's financial market.

The Ministry of Finance will issue Renminbi Sovereign Bonds.

In September 2022, after full communication and coordination between Ministry of Finance and the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Hong Kong recognized that the Accounting Standards for Businesses Enterprises.

In about a month, we will be welcoming around 200 participants to the highly-anticipated Global Financial Leaders' Investment Summit hosted by the Hong Kong Monetary Authority.

The Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) and the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Development Office co-organised the inaugural GoGBA Day on Thursday (22 Sept).

The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) and the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) released the findings of their 2021 joint survey on the Sale of Non-exchange Traded Investment Products by licensed corporations (LCs) and registered institutions (RIs) (Note 1).

The Beibu Gulf and the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area have further strengthened their cooperation by signing a series of cooperation projects in Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, ahead of the opening of the 19th China-ASEAN Expo.

Under the overall planning and guidance of CSRC, SZSE recently issued the Business Guide of Shenzhen Stock Exchange for Credit Protection Instruments (Revised in 2022). Shenzhen Securities Information Co., Ltd. (SSIC), as one of the first portfolio managers of the portfolio credit protection contracts (“CDX”), launched “CNI-SZSE CDX Portfolio for SZSE Major Issuers” and “CNI-SZSE CDX Portfolio for Major Issuers of Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area”, marking the official start of the pilot project of CDX business at SZSE.

A seminar has been held in Bangladesh to call on investors from China's Hong Kong to invest in Bangladesh with its pro-investment environment.

Financial connectivity between Hong Kong and the Chinese mainland is rising and becoming more sophisticated - from the cash and derivatives markets to the private-equity market. Hong Kong's secretary for financial services and the treasury talks to Oswald Chan.