Financial regulators and financial services industry leaders have highlighted Hong Kong’s strategic role in the evolving Asia-Pacific financial landscape, particularly in enhancing capital market connectivity in asset allocation and risk management.
Panelists made the remarks at the “Greater Bay Conference 2026: New Dynamics in Asia-Pacific Cooperation, New Opportunities for GBA Connectivity” organized by China Daily and Hong Kong Coalition on Thursday.
The conference comprised three panel discussions with the first panel discussing Hong Kong’s financial opportunities in the changing Asia-Pacific landscape.
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Carlson Tong Ka-shing, the chairman of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing, said investors are currently seeking out diversification and risk management opportunities as “the geopolitical map is being redrawn, supply chains are shifting, new capital trends are rising, and technology is fundamentally altering how much it moves.”
“Looking forward, we need to take our unique China advantage and build on it to strengthen our connectivity by bringing more Asian opportunities to the Chinese mainland and more mainland opportunities to the rest of Asia. We can create a greater regional liquidity pool for global investors to tap the best of the region, thus facilitating the seamless flow of capital.”
Tong said HKEX is continuously innovating its listing framework to provide a platform for the most promising companies.
The bourse is also striving to provide more asset classes and products to support growth, diversification and risk management, such as green and transitional finance, digital assets, real-world asset tokenization, wealth management, commodities, as well as renminbi revenue ecosystem, the HKEX chairman added.
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Other panelists included Levin Wang Lei, CEO of Huatai Financial Holdings (Hong Kong); Robert Lee Wai-wang, Legislative Council member of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region; Mary Huen Wai-yi, CEO for Hong Kong and Greater China & North Asia at Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong); and Amy Lo Choi-wan, chairman of UBS Global Wealth Management Asia, as well as head and chief executive of UBS Hong Kong.
