HKU launches wealth management academy to boost city’s role as hub for ‘new money’

Hong Kong’s first university-led wealth management academy was launched on Tuesday, as the city’s rapidly expanding private-wealth industry competes for professionals capable of serving increasingly sophisticated and international clients. The Wealth Management Academy, established by The University of Hong Kong Business School, aims to bring together policymakers, financial institutions and academics to train professionals for the wealth management, asset management and family-office...