HONG KONG, Aug. 24, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Sun Hung Kai Properties Limited (SHKP) and AXA Hong Kong and Macau (AXA) today announced a major leasing agreement for the International Gateway Centre (IGC), with AXA committing approximately 97,500 square feet, occupying two and a half floors for its new distribution office and premier one-stop wealth management hub.
The agreement underscores West Kowloon's emergence as a forward-looking business district with IGC playing a key role in shaping its evolving commercial landscape. Scheduled for occupancy in early 2028, AXA's expansion at IGC reflects its commitment to long-term market investment, enhancing its distribution capabilities, and strengthening AXA's role as a trusted wealth management partner in the region.
KW Lo, Executive Director of Sun Hung Kai Real Estate Agency said: "SHKP warmly welcomes AXA to the IGC. The presence of AXA, a leading global insurance company, further strengthens IGC's position as a premier destination for multinational corporations. As a landmark commercial development shaping the future of Hong Kong's business landscape, IGC is set to enhance Hong Kong's competitiveness as a leading international finance hub and reinforce its standing as the world's largest cross-boundary wealth management centre, supporting the city's next phase of economic growth. "
Jonathan Li, Chief Distribution Officer of AXA Greater China, said, "Hong Kong remains a vital strategic hub for AXA in Asia, and securing this 10-year lease at IGC reflects our strong confidence in the city's future prospects. Establishing such a premier presence here is pivotal to expanding our distribution capabilities and accelerating our sustained growth in the region. We look forward to building a fruitful partnership with SHKP as we drive long-term success. "
The new space will serve as a dedicated flagship for AXA's wealth and legacy planning offerings, serving clients across Hong Kong, Macau and the broader region. Situated above Hong Kong's only High Speed Rail terminus, IGC offers unparalleled connectivity reaching major Chinese Mainland cities, with most major Greater Bay Area cities accessible within an hour, enabling AXA to deepen its service reach and engagement across the region.
This expanded presence empowers AXA's financial consultants to deliver comprehensive financial, health and legacy planning solutions alongside exceptional experiences for individual, high-net-worth, and corporate clients.
IGC is SHKP's new flagship integrated commercial development. The development comprises two twin towers of four Grade-A office blocks, offering approximately 2.5 million square feet of premium space. Complementing the office towers is Stage IGC, a five-level retail podium with over 600,000 square feet of gross floor area and scheduled to open in phases.
Forming part of an eight-million-square-foot commercial hub in West Kowloon, IGC offers unrivalled "air-plus-rail" connectivity, providing seamless access for corporations and their clients to Chinese Mainland and global markets. IGC also sets new benchmarks in sustainability, having achieved ten major green building certifications or pre certifications under LEED, BEAM Plus, WELL, and others. It is also the first office development in the Greater Bay Area to receive the BREEAM International New Construction "Excellent" rating.
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Available as a ChatGPT plugin and Claude connector, bringing personalised, institutional-grade investment intelligence into the AI services investors already use
SINGAPORE, Aug. 24, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Longbridge Group, an AI-native financial technology company, today announced that Longbridge is now available as a plugin on ChatGPT and a connector on Claude. The launch brings personalised investing into the AI assistants that hundreds of millions of people use for work, learning and everyday decision-making.
As AI assistants increasingly become a starting point for how people search, learn and make decisions, Longbridge believes investing should become part of those same conversations. Users can securely connect their Longbridge accounts and access personalised investment insights through natural conversation, based on their portfolios, watchlists and investment goals.
There is no need to learn a separate AI application or manually upload portfolio screenshots. Once authorised, Longbridge can combine an investor's portfolio context with live, institutional-grade market data within ChatGPT or Claude.
The launch reflects Longbridge's vision of making AI a natural part of every investor's daily life. Rather than asking investors to change their existing habits, Longbridge is bringing trusted investing experiences into the AI services they already use.
"Hundreds of millions of people already use AI every day to find answers, solve problems and make decisions," said Nowa Zhu, Group CEO and Co-Founder of Longbridge. "Investing should be no different. By bringing Longbridge to ChatGPT and Claude, we are making investing a natural extension of the AI experiences people already know, rather than asking them to build new habits."
Personalised Investing in the AI You Already Use
Through Longbridge on ChatGPT and Claude, investors can:
- Securely connect their Longbridge accounts for a portfolio-aware investing experience.
- Review their portfolios and explore portfolio construction, asset allocation and investment ideas through natural conversation, without manually analysing individual holdings.
- Receive personalised insights based on their portfolios, watchlists and investment goals.
- Research investment and using institutional-grade market data covering the US, Hong Kong SAR, mainland China and Singapore markets.
- Understand company earnings, macroeconomic developments and market-moving factors in the context of their own investment strategies.
Unlike general-purpose AI assistants, Longbridge AI combines institutional-grade market data, secure portfolio connectivity and personalised investment memory. This enables insights grounded in each investor's holdings and objectives. Instead of starting every conversation from scratch, Longbridge AI can understand what investors own, what they are watching and how market developments may affect their portfolios.
Whether researching companies, screening investment opportunities, analysing earnings, reviewing portfolio performance or evaluating potential buy and sell opportunities, investors can access professional-grade market intelligence through natural conversation without leaving ChatGPT or Claude.
Designed for everyone—from first-time investors to experienced investors managing global portfolios—Longbridge AI helps users spend less time searching for information and more time making informed investment decisions.
Building the AI Infrastructure for the Future of Investing
The launch represents more than an additional distribution channel. Just as app stores became a gateway to digital services during the smartphone era, AI assistants are emerging as a new way for people to discover and access specialised capabilities.
For investors, this means AI assistants can move beyond discussing the market in general and begin providing insights informed by the investor's own circumstances. With secure authorisation, ChatGPT and Claude can use Longbridge to combine portfolio holdings, watchlists and investment goals with live, institutional-grade market data—without requiring users to download a new application or upload portfolio screenshots.
For financial services, making these capabilities available through AI requires trusted connections to regulated financial infrastructure. This includes authorised access, secure connectivity and clear safeguards that keep investment decisions under the investor's control.
For Longbridge, the launch is a natural extension of an architecture designed to make its investment capabilities securely available across different AI services and interfaces. Because these capabilities are not tied to a single interface, they can meet investors wherever they choose to use AI—through Longbridge's own services, ChatGPT and Claude today, and other emerging AI interfaces in the future.
"This is more than opening another channel for Longbridge," Zhu added. "Our investment capabilities have been built so they can be securely accessed through the AI services investors choose to use. Whether through the Longbridge plugin on ChatGPT or the connector on Claude, authorised access and secure connectivity remain central to the experience, and investment decisions remain with the investor. As AI becomes an increasingly important interface for decision-making, we want Longbridge to provide the trusted financial infrastructure behind those experiences."
By combining institutional-grade market data, secure portfolio connectivity, personalised investment intelligence and responsible execution capabilities, Longbridge is laying the foundation for the next generation of AI-powered investing—from AI assistants that help investors make better-informed decisions today to investment agents capable of supporting increasingly sophisticated investment workflows in the future.
About Longbridge Group
Longbridge Group is an AI-native financial technology company building trusted infrastructure that connects investors, financial institutions, AI and global financial markets.
Its integrated ecosystem comprises Longbridge Securities, an AI-powered online brokerage; LongPort, an institutional-grade trading technology and infrastructure provider offering multi-market and multi-asset solutions; and Longbridge AI, a next-generation AI-native financial data and investing platform. Together, they are redefining how individuals and institutions access, understand and interact with financial markets.
Founded in 2019, Longbridge operates licensed financial businesses across multiple jurisdictions. It holds 22 financial regulatory licences or qualifications across the US, Hong Kong SAR, Singapore and other markets, and has secured more than US$150 million in strategic investment from leading global financial institutions and investment firms.
Longbridge's vision is to make investing a seamless part of how people use AI every day by building trusted infrastructure for the future of intelligent investing.
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Longbridge Launches on ChatGPT and Claude
