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Financial and Monetary Affairs
Chart 1
Market Capitalisation of Stock Market
30,000
25,000
25,072
20,000
24,043
HK$ Billion
21,077
21,950
15,000
17,537
10,000
5,000
0
2010
2011
2012
Year
2013
2014
Chart 2
HK$ Billion
Equity Funds Raised Through IPOs
500
400
449
300
200
100
260
233
90
169
0
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
Year
Chart 3
Total Equity Funds Raised in Hong Kong
1,000
943
800
859
HK$ Billion
600
490
400
305
379
200
0
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
Year
Asset Management Hub
Hong Kong with its strong asset management foundation and world-class financial infrastructure benefits greatly from the huge demand for wealth and asset management services in the Mainland and Asia. Thanks to the continuing inflows of investment capital into the Asia-Pacific region, Hong Kong is also well placed to become Asia's premier asset management centre.
At the end of 2014, 1,074 companies were licensed or registered to carry out asset management business in Hong Kong, a rise of 7.9 per cent from the end of 2013. Hong Kong's asset
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