2. Hong Kong
Bank Score: 6 FSI Score: 20 Total Score: 26
(FSI Score breakdown: FSI Rank: 2; FSI 1,259.4)
One of the largest financial centers in the world, Hong Kong did lose some of its appeal to foreign money once it reverted back to Chinese control. One of its main advantages was its ambiguous status as a crown colony under the UK jurisdiction. Once that was lost, a part of trust it enjoyed among international bankers went with it. However, the Chinese government has done everything in its power to assure the world that nothing has changed and that in Honk Kong it is business as usual. For a moment at least, they seem to have managed that.
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