Cristobal Mendez de Vigo, Head of Strategic Planning, Allianz Global Investors & ex Chairman of the Spanish Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong (01/06/2005)

"Hong Kong is at the cusp of the most exciting (financial) market for a number of reasons. You not only have diversity of investment, but fantastic growth rate - Asia is experiencing double digit growth, whereas the US and Europe are struggling. Asia is also in the early stages of developing pension provisions through membership funds (such as Hong Kong's Mandatory Provident Fund) and this will bring tremendous growth to the region in terms of wealth management. And obviously, you have the China story, which everyone in the world is willing to listen to."