Invest Hong Kong Promotes Family Office Opportunities During European Mission, Attracting Interest from European Investors

InvestHK leads delegation to Europe showcasing Hong Kong's strengths as leading family office hub

The Global Head of Family Office at Invest Hong Kong, Mr Jason Fong, yesterday (September 25) concluded a European mission spanning London, Zurich, Geneva and Milan, where he led a delegation to highlight Hong Kong's strengths as a leading global family office hub. This trip has prompted greater interest among European families and professionals in exploring the opportunities available in Hong Kong.

During the visit, Mr Fong and the delegation held a series of in-depth exchanges with European family offices, family representatives, asset owners, wealth managers and professional service providers. These engagements included roundtables, panel sessions, high-level forums, investor luncheons and one-on-one meetings. The meetings highlighted Hong Kong's advantages as Asia's leading international financial centre - an open-architecture capital market. The robust legal system in Hong Kong and the unique positioning under "one country, two systems" showcase the city as the ideal hub for European investors seeking to access Chinese Mainland and Asian markets.

Mr Fong said, "As a true international financial centre and Asia's largest cross-border wealth management hub, Hong Kong offers unparalleled advantages for global families seeking long-term and diversified growth. With the Government's dedicated FamilyOfficeHK team and a comprehensive suite of facilitation measures, we welcome European families to establish a presence in Hong Kong, expand their businesses, and capture the immense growth opportunities in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area and the Mainland."

The Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Strela Capital GmbH, Ms Ekaterina Tattersall, pointed out, "Switzerland has long been recognised as a trusted hub for cross-border asset management in Europe, and Hong Kong plays an equally vital role in the Asian region. Both markets boast robust regulatory frameworks, deep financial expertise, and global connectivity as their core advantages. For us, Hong Kong is an indispensable extension of our global wealth strategy."

The Director of Bernina Bioinvest, a private investment company focused on early-stage biotech and medtech, Dr Bettina Ernst, said, "Hong Kong's growing life sciences ecosystem - combining academic research, clinical networks, and capital - makes it a compelling base for early-stage biotech and medtech innovation. For investors like us, the city's regional connectivity and regulatory openness create practical pathways from laboratory ideas to clinical and commercial milestones. Hong Kong sits at a valuable intersection of talent, research, and partnerships across Asia, which is an excellent location for investing in innovation. For early-stage biotech and medtech companies, access to universities, clinicians, and cross-border collaborators helps accelerate validation and scale, which is essential for translating science into patient impact."

The Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Wings Securities Limited, Mr Cliff Ip, one of the members of the Hong Kong delegation to Europe, said, "This trip was an exciting step in strengthening the connection between Hong Kong and European family offices. It opened doors for vibrant exchanges of investment ideas and sparked strong enthusiasm on both sides to explore co-investment opportunities. Embracing diversification across Hong Kong, Chinese Mainland, Asia and Europe is proving to be one of the powerful strategies for enhancing portfolio resilience. With world-class infrastructure, a strong talent pool, and resolute government support for the development of the family office sector, Hong Kong has firmly established itself as an essential player in the global family office dialogue."

"The Chief Executive's 2025 Policy Address" emphasises continued growth and support for the family office sector, including further enhancing preferential tax regimes for funds, single family offices and the New Capital Investment Entrant Scheme.

InvestHK leads delegation to Europe showcasing Hong Kong's strengths as leading family office hub Source: HKSAR Government Press Releases

InvestHK leads delegation to Europe showcasing Hong Kong's strengths as leading family office hub Source: HKSAR Government Press Releases

InvestHK leads delegation to Europe showcasing Hong Kong's strengths as leading family office hub Source: HKSAR Government Press Releases

Hong Kong Customs seizes live turtles and cactuses of scheduled endangered species

Hong Kong Customs yesterday (January 27) seized two live turtles and four cactuses of suspected scheduled endangered species, with a total estimated market value of about $2,000, at the Shenzhen Bay Control Point.

Customs officers intercepted an incoming 62-year-old male passenger at the arrival hall of the said control point yesterday and found the batch of live turtles and cactuses, which were suspected to be scheduled endangered species, inside a plastic bag carried by him. The man was subsequently arrested. Officers of the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department (AFCD) attended the scene for inspection and confirmed that the batch of species were of endangered species listed in the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora and regulated under the Protection of Endangered Species of Animals and Plants Ordinance (the Ordinance) in Hong Kong. The case was handed over to the AFCD for a follow-up investigation.

Customs reminds the public not to carry endangered species without the required licence into and out of Hong Kong.

According to the Ordinance, any person importing, exporting or possessing specimens of endangered species not in accordance with the Ordinance commits an offence and will be liable to a maximum fine of $10 million and imprisonment for 10 years upon conviction with the specimens forfeited.

Members of the public may report any suspected smuggling activities to Customs' 24-hour hotline 182 8080 or its dedicated crime-reporting email account (crimereport@customs.gov.hk) or online form (eform.cefs.gov.hk/form/ced002).

Hong Kong Customs seizes live turtles and cactuses of scheduled endangered species Source: HKSAR Government Press Releases