在北京收紧跨境投资管制并开始对海外投资或保险收益征收20%的税费后,香港的商业银行仍在继续提供各种优惠措施,以吸引内地游客。
Hong Kong commercial banks continue to offer incentives to attract mainland visitors during the first golden week after Beijing tightened cross-border investment rules and enforced the collection of a 20 per cent levy on overseas investment or insurance gains.
据《南华早报》的报道,汇丰银行(HSBC)将为新签约的高端客户提供最高8.8万港元(约合1.1215万美元)的奖励,还包括国庆节烟花晚宴、北京中国网球公开赛门票或K-pop音乐会的门票等体验活动。
HSBC would offer up to HK$88,000 (US$11,215) for new high-end clients, as well as experiences including a National Day fireworks dinner and tickets to the China Open tennis tournament in Beijing or a K-pop concert, according to the bank’s response to the South China Morning Post.
星展银行(DBS)则向在尖沙咀分行开设“DBS Treasures”账户并存款100万港元的客户提供1,500港元的现金返还;而中国工商银行(亚洲)则为新客户提供年利率为6%的定期存款优惠。
DBS would provide a HK$1,500 cash rebate to clients who open a DBS Treasures account in the Tsim Sha Tsui branch with a deposit of HK$1 million between October 1 and 10, while Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (Asia) would offer a preferential time deposit interest rate of 6 per cent per annum for new customers.
“对我们来说,‘黄金周’不仅仅是一个日期而已,”汇丰银行香港分行零售与财富管理部门负责人Frankie Yan表示,“这是一个重新建立联系的机会。无论客户是在香港,还是通过数字方式与我们联系,我们都希望进行更深入的交流,而不仅仅是完成一次性的交易。只有这样,黄金周期间的互动才能转化为长期稳定的关系。”
“Golden Week is more than a date on the calendar for us,” said Frankie Yan, head of retail and wealth distribution at HSBC Hong Kong. “It’s a chance to reconnect. Whether [our customers are] in Hong Kong or connecting with us digitally, we want deeper conversations, not one-off transactions. That’s how a golden week connection becomes a relationship that lasts.”
在中国从周四持续到周三的长假前夕,中国工商银行(亚洲)于周二在中央区开设了新分行,主要针对总资产达到800万港元及以上的富裕客户。
Right before China’s long holiday from Thursday until Wednesday, OCBC opened a new Central branch on Tuesday, targeting affluent customers with a total balance of HK$8 million or above.
中国工商银行香港分行消费金融服务部门负责人Josephine Lee表示:“预计明年与中国内地富裕客户的业务往来仍将保持‘两位数的高增长’,与往年持平。”
Business related to wealthy customers from mainland China was projected to maintain “high double-digit growth” next year, “similar to the levels in previous years”, said Josephine Lee, head of consumer financial services at OCBC Hong Kong, on Tuesday.
这一预测是在北京分别于7月和8月对离岸信托及保险收益征收20%税费之后作出的。
The estimate comes after Beijing’s 20 per cent levies on cross-border gains from offshore trusts and insurance were implemented in July and August, respectively.
本周,针对内地客户境外股票交易的监管审查范围扩大至中资券商香港分公司,此前监管部门于5月已对老虎证券和富途证券国际等网络券商进行了打击。但香港的放款机构对内地相关财富管理业务仍充满信心。
This week, scrutiny on overseas share sales by mainland-based clients spread to the Hong Kong units of Chinese brokerages, following a crackdown on online brokerages including Tiger Brokers and Futu Securities International in May. But lenders in Hong Kong still have confidence in the mainland-related wealth business.
“我们处于有利位置,有信心维持稳定的业务势头,”星展银行香港财富管理及分销主管容美琪表示,并补充称这家总部位于新加坡的银行完全合规。
“We’re well positioned to sustain stable business momentum with confidence,” said Maggie Yung, head of Treasures and distribution at DBS Hong Kong, adding that the Singapore-headquartered bank remained fully compliant with regulations.
花旗集团亚洲北区及澳洲财富管理主管江慧仪表示,该美资银行继续看到客户对国际银行服务、资产多元化配置及跨境财富管理有强劲需求。
Citigroup continued to see strong demand from clients for international banking, diversification and cross-border wealth management, said Vicky Kong, head of wealth in Asia North and Australia at the American bank.
华侨银行香港区行政总裁李桂华表示,今年前八个月财富管理业务收入同比增长40%,该行计划明年前在香港增加100名前线员工,包括客户经理和专家。香港主要银行表示,将在七天长假期间延长部分分行营业时间。
OCBC Hong Kong planned to increase its frontline employees in the city, including relationship managers and specialists, by 100 by next year, after revenue from the wealth-management business in the first eight months of the year grew 40 per cent from a year earlier, Lee said. The major banks in the city said they would extend business hours in some branches during the seven-day holiday.
此外,中国银行(香港)表示,黄金周期间亲临分行办理指定财富管理交易的客户,将有资格参加大抽奖,有机会赢取50克金砖。
In addition, Bank of China (Hong Kong) said customers who visited a branch in person during golden week to complete designated wealth-management transactions would be eligible to participate in a grand prize drawing, with a chance to win a 50-gram fine gold ingot.
对于香港客户,中银香港亦提供热线及手机应用程序开户及财富管理服务。
For clients in the city, BOC Hong Kong also offers account opening and wealth-management services via a hotline or its mobile app.
预计香港在七天长假期间将录得744万人次出行,包括居民及访客的离港及抵港人次。
Hong Kong is expected to record 7.44 million trips during the seven-day holiday, including departures and arrivals by both residents and visitors.
财富管理已成为香港银行业的主要支柱,去年超越瑞士成为全球最大的跨境财富管理中心。
Wealth management has become a major pillar for the city’s banking industry, which surpassed Switzerland as the world’s biggest cross-border wealth hub last year.
根据香港银行协会在9月初发布的一份报告,到2030年,该市的银行将把财富管理视为自身最大的增长动力。报告预测,在未来五年内,内地客户对当地银行所管理的资产的贡献比例将从目前的59%上升到68%。
Banks in the city regarded wealth management as their largest growth driver by 2030, according to a report by the Hong Kong Association of Banks in early September. The contribution of mainland clients to local assets under management was projected to grow to 68 per cent from 59 per cent within five years.