SFC 2024 Asset Wealth Management Activities Survey
🔔 A dynamic market: Hong Kong’s Asset & Wealth Management Sector on the Rise 🔔
On Wednesday 16th July 2025, the Securities and Futures Commission (“SFC”) released its yearly survey of Asset and Wealth management activities 2024.
The 2024 Survey highlights key trends and growth in Hong Kong’s asset and wealth management sector. The Survey reports strong AUM and net fund inflows, rising adoption of innovative fund vehicles like open-ended fund companies (“OFCs”), and expanding activities of Mainland Chinese firms. The results of this Survey reflect Hong Kong’s resilience and its continuing role as a leading global asset and wealth management hub.
✅ Hong Kong’s asset and wealth management business grew strongly in 2024, with assets under management (“AUM”) reaching HK$35.1 trillion, up 13% year-on-year, and net fund inflows surging 81% to HK$705 billion.
✅ The performance of Hong Kong companies who were related to Mainland Chinese groups increased, with their AUM rising 15% to HK$3.1 trillion and net fund inflows up 68%, continuing a five-year trend of above-average growth.
✅ Hong Kong-domiciled SFC-authorised funds saw net fund inflows surge 88% in 2024 to HK$163 billion, with total AUM increasing 22%, highlighting strong investor confidence in local funds.
✅ The investor base remains diversified with over 54% of assets coming from outside Mainland China and Hong Kong, reflecting Hong Kong’s global asset allocation capabilities.
✅ The number of registered open-ended fund companies nearly doubled (93% growth), demonstrating industry adoption of Hong Kong’s corporate fund structure and government incentives
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