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The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) held the 2026 Treasury Markets Summit on September 23, 2026, where Chief Executive Eddie Yue delivered a keynote speech focusing on the development of Hong Kong's bond market. He noted that the Hong Kong bond market has achieved a compound annual growth rate of 20% over the past 20 years, and more than half of the world's digital bonds were issued in Hong Kong in the first half of 2026. The market development will be advanced from four dimensions: diversification, depth, vibrancy, and digitalization.
The Hong Kong Investment Funds Association (HKIFA) has publicly welcomed Hong Kong's "First Five-Year Plan for Economic and Social Development 2026–2030" and related measures in the 2026 Policy Address. The Association participated in the Five-Year Plan consultation and endorses the Plan's inclusion of core industry priorities such as strengthening Mainland connectivity, broadening market access, promoting financial innovation, and enhancing talent development.
Hong Kong's HKMA, SFC, IA and MPFA, together with Hong Kong Cyberport, have announced the first batch of selected participants for the Generative AI Sandbox++. 36 use cases were selected from nearly 100 proposals, involving 30 financial institutions and 27 technology partners, focusing on agentic AI application testing. The selected use cases will cover end-to-end processes such as customer account opening, payments, and insurance claims, and will subsequently test AI's ability to dynamically supervise other AI applications.
