Hong Kong Security Crackdown Leads to Record Capital Outflows— Residents Repo...

Hong Kong Security Crackdown Leads to Record Capital Outflows— Residents Repo...

The Canadian anti-money laundering agency, Fintrac, says it recorded official capital inflows originating from Hong Kong that totaled more than $34 billion in the past year. The outflows, which are the highest since 2012 when the earliest Fintrac records are available, “are the first evidence of a significant flight of capital overseas from the Asian financial hub following the security turmoil.” Accounts Frozen As detailed by one report, the city’s record capital transfers, which are “up 46 per cent from 2016 and 10 percent from 2019, came in a year when Hong Kong....


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