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许正宇:港府迄今已成功发行总值2200亿港元绿色债券 深受本地和国际投资者欢迎

Christopher Hui: The Hong Kong government has successfully issued a total of 220 billion Hong Kong dollars worth of green bonds, which are well received by local and international investors.

Zhitong Finance ·  Nov 5, 2024 02:25

Christopher Hui said that the green bonds issued by the Hong Kong government are very popular with local and international investors. So far, the Hong Kong government has successfully issued Hong Kong green bonds with a total value of HK$220 billion, including various forms of bonds, including retail, institutional and tokenization, covering different currencies and maturities.

The Zhitong Finance App learned that at a gathering of leaders of multinational financial services institutions, the Hong Kong Treasury Secretary, Christopher Hui, introduced the optimization measures proposed in the Hong Kong Government's Policy Address to further strengthen Hong Kong's position as an asset and wealth management hub. Hong Kong will consult with the industry to increase the types of transactions eligible for tax relief for funds and single family offices to cover emission derivatives/emission limits, insurance-linked securities, loans and private equity investments, virtual assets, etc. Christopher Hui said that the green bonds issued by the Hong Kong government are very popular with local and international investors. So far, the Hong Kong government has successfully issued Hong Kong green bonds with a total value of HK$220 billion, including various forms of bonds, including retail, institutional and tokenization, covering different currencies and maturities.

Yesterday morning, Christopher Hui met separately with Ivan Gonzalez, CEO of Swiss Re Group Corporate Solutions, and Michel M Liès, Chairman of the Zurich Insurance Group Board. Christopher Hui spoke with the two leading global companies in providing insurance services and risk management solutions to introduce them to Hong Kong's latest measures in the Chief Executive's 2024 Policy Address to further strengthen Hong Kong's position as an international risk management center. This includes reviewing the risk-based capital system implemented in July 2024 and studying capital requirements for infrastructure investment to enrich insurance companies' asset allocation to help spread risk and drive infrastructure investment, while continuing to seek the establishment of exclusive self-insurance companies by mainland and overseas companies in Hong Kong.

Afterwards, Christopher Hui had a lunch meeting with the Swiss-Hong Kong Business Association, a member association of the Hong Kong Federation of Business Associations. Christopher Hui told members of the Association that Hong Kong's asset and wealth management business is huge and investment opportunities are diverse. He welcomes investors and family offices from all over the world to settle in Hong Kong.

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