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Loan market and developments
As the financial centre of the Asia Pacific region and a key channel for Chinese offshore borrowing, Hong Kong stands among the biggest and most active syndicated loan hubs in Asia Pacific (excluding Japan), often contributing more than 20% of the region’s total syndicated volumes. A sustained spell of low interest rates and plentiful liquidity across Hong Kong’s banking system has kept funding widely accessible to borrowers. Bloomberg indicates that, in the sustainability-linked loan arena, Hong Kong led the Asia Pacific region (excluding Japan), delivering a record 31.4% share of overall issuance. This strong demand has also boosted HKD-denominated activity, making HKD the second most utilised currency in the sustainability-linked loan market for H1 2024...
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