FinanceAsia Country Achievement Awards - Hong Kong

Best Domestic Commercial Bank: HSBC

It goes without saying that when Richard Li needed money to arrange his mammoth purchase of Hong Kong Telecom, HSBC was one of the first doors he knocked on. The Bank, as it is known in Hong Kong, is at the centre of almost all economic activity in the city, whether it is mortgages, dispensing cash (75% of adults maintain accounts with HSBC), financing trade or arranging loans for the Airport Authority or the Hong Kong International Terminal.