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Exclusive | Hong Kong will host a gathering of global financial heavyweights in November. Here’s what to expect, HKMA’s chief executive says
- Thirty CEOs of banks including Goldman Sachs, HSBC, Standard Chartered and UBS will attend the Global Financial Leaders’ Forum on November 1 and 2
- Blackstone president Jonathan Gray, Goldman chairman David Solomon and UBS chairman Colm Kelleher will speak during a public forum on November 2
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Hong Kong’s charm offensive to woo global financiers has been enthusiastically received by more than 200 invitees in a collective endorsement of the city’s appeal as a global financial centre, according to the de facto central bank.
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Thirty chief executives of global banks and funds including Blackstone, Goldman Sachs, HSBC, Morgan Stanley, Standard Chartered and UBS will attend the Global Financial Leaders’ Forum on November 1 and 2, according to a programme seen by South China Morning Post.
The meeting, with the theme “Navigating Beyond Uncertainty”, will be the biggest congregation of global financial heavyweights in Hong Kong since the Covid-19 pandemic drove the city into three years of quarantines and social-distancing.
The ensuing clampdown on large, in-person public gatherings pushed many global conferences – including SuperReturn Asia and Token2049 – to other Asian cities, a loss for Hong Kong’s aspiration to be the regional nerve centre for financial events.
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‘We need to look past uncertainty’, says Hong Kong Monetary Authority chief ahead of banking summit
‘We need to look past uncertainty’, says Hong Kong Monetary Authority chief ahead of banking summit
“It is really a great opportunity for us to reconnect physically with the world,” said Eddie Yue Wai-man, chief executive of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA), during an interview with the Post.
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