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Hong Kong CEOs plan to tap wealth management, ESG opportunities in Greater Bay Area in 2024, survey finds

  • Recruitment and AI will remain important topics in Hong Kong’s business community, the survey by the Post found
  • Businesses look to turbocharge plans to capitalise on the city’s drive to be one of the world’s top wealth centres and talent hubs

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Hong Kong CEOs are prioritising wealth management, talent recruitment and ESG among other things in 2024. Photo: Sam Tsang
Hong Kong’s business community is set to turbocharge plans to capitalise on the city’s initiatives to be one of the world’s top wealth centres and talent hubs, according to senior executives surveyed by the Post.
An informal survey of company bosses’ plans shows that digital assets and environmental, social, and governance (ESG) efforts will also feature prominently among the goals chief executive officers want to pursue in the coming year. The Greater Bay Area and the wider mainland China market are near the top of their lists too.
Research and development is likely to get a lot of investment from businesses as they eye expansion and seek to broaden their revenue streams. Recruitment and AI will remain important topics in the business community, the survey found.

For New York-based investment bank Citi, Hong Kong and the rest of the bay area will be a key area of focus, according to Aveline San, CEO for Hong Kong and Macau.

“Citi’s global network is increasingly relevant to the fast-growing mid-size companies in the Greater Bay Area, which are … going global at record pace,” San said.

‘Citi’s global network is increasingly relevant to the fast-growing mid-size companies in the Greater Bay Area,’ says the investment bank’s Hong Kong and Macau CEO, Aveline San. Photo: Enoch Yiu
‘Citi’s global network is increasingly relevant to the fast-growing mid-size companies in the Greater Bay Area,’ says the investment bank’s Hong Kong and Macau CEO, Aveline San. Photo: Enoch Yiu

“Our aim is to support these clients and help them achieve their aspirations for international expansion and growth. Equally, we are able to support business owners and entrepreneurs on their wealth needs.”

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