Hong Kong held onto its third-place ranking globally, after New York and London, in the latest study of the world’s leading international financial centres even as a series of restrictive measures to combat the spread of the coronavirus weighed on the city’s economy, the South China Morning Post reported.
The city ranked third in the 31st edition of the semi-annual Global Financial Centres Index, produced by the China Development Institute in Shenzhen and the London think tank Z/Yen Partners. “The report reaffirms Hong Kong’s status and strengths as a leading global financial centre,” a Hong Kong government spokesman said.
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