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Top Eight for Week 15 – 22 September 2017

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Greetings,

Some timely data released yesterday by Hong Kong’s PWMA, chaired by Amy Lo.

By the association’s reckoning, the private wealth market in HK reached “above US$800 billion”, up from around US$700 billion in 2016.  

Driving this growth: Chinese clients, despite staunch capital controls. Interestingly, only two-thirds of firms polled by the PWMA believe that they are “well-positioned” and sufficiently “connected” to meet these clients’ needs.

Thus, as Chinese clients step up their demand for international diversification, it is perhaps unsurprising that major domestic Chinese private banking institutions are targeting the offshore space, as evidenced by the recent spate of PB branch/centre openings (e.g. CMB, CCB, Minsheng).

On the topic of domestic Chinese private banks, stay tuned for our major data release next week. Details forthcoming.

Finally, a gentle reminder that Asian Private Banker’s Awards For Distinction are now open for submission. If you haven’t already, download the submission guidelines here

Your Top Eight for the week follows.

Cheers,
Sebastian Enberg
Editor

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TECHNOLOGY   21 September 2017
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PEOPLE | EXCLUSIVE   21 September 2017
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