AGP Executive Report
Last update: 5 hours agoCross-Border Finance: Hong Kong has overtaken Switzerland as the world’s top cross-boundary wealth management hub, with BCG citing 2025 growth to US$2.9 trillion and projecting Hong Kong stays No.1 through 2030. Gold Push: China’s net gold imports via Hong Kong jumped 81.2% in April, and ChinaAMC launched a low-cost physical gold ETF to deepen bullion access. Markets & Geopolitics: Asian stocks slid as fresh US strikes on Iran stoked Middle East risk, lifting oil prices and keeping investors cautious. Local Infrastructure & Tech: The Observatory and CAS unveiled Hong Kong’s National Standard Time and Joint Atomic Time station, while Hong Kong also opened a landfill-based solar farm targeting about 360 homes’ worth of power. Legal & Governance: Hong Kong plans a new International Commercial Court to handle complex cross-border disputes. Business & Policy: EU opened an in-depth foreign subsidies probe into JD.com’s Ceconomy deal; Fidelity’s China head resigned after about a year. Weather Watch: El Niño could intensify Hong Kong’s tropical cyclone risk, and temperatures are set to keep climbing into the weekend.
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