The Global Financial Leaders’ Investment Summit, our flagship financial event, will take place for the fourth consecutive year from 3 to 5 November 2025.
In a week’s time, around 300 global financial leaders, including more than 100 group chairmen or CEOs, will be assembling in Hong Kong for the Summit. Following tradition, guests will gather for a welcome dinner on the opening evening, before proceeding to the Main Summit on the following day. On the third day, the HKMA, the Securities and Futures Commission and the Hong Kong Academy of Finance will co-host an investment forum “Conversations with Global Investors”.
The theme this year is “Trekking through Shifting Terrain”. Those who know Hong Kong well would notice that a dense network of hiking trails—from green hills to coastal trails and jungle paths—threads through this compact city. And just as hiking demands an eye on the weather, a change of terrain, and on-the-spot problem-solving, navigating today’s shifting geoeconomic climate as a financial leader calls for risk awareness, prudent preparation, agility and resilience. In a year marked by trade policy shifts, rising debt levels and slowing growth, financial leaders and regulators alike find themselves trying to stay afoot in an ever-changing landscape.
Against this backdrop, financial leaders at the Main Summit will explore the key trends and developments across the macroeconomic, trade and digital space over the year, and the most prominent opportunities and risks arising across different financial markets, asset classes and regions in the years to come. Building on the topics of the Main Summit, the “Conversations with Global Investors” forum will delve into the latest trends, risks and opportunities across global investment markets.
In just three years since we held our first Summit, Hong Kong has come a long way. The capital markets are booming, investments and capital are flowing into our banks, and the streets are once again bustling with life—all of which we do not take for granted, especially against an increasingly uncertain geoeconomic landscape. When we first launched the Summit in 2022, the vision was to invite leaders to see for themselves the resilience, the vibrancy and the opportunities this city offers. While this goal remains, it is encouraging to see the Summit maturing into a go-to forum for world leaders in finance to come together and map our way through these uncharted and shifting times.
The team is hard at work and preparations are humming along. We look forward to welcoming both old friends and new at the Summit.
Eddie Yue
Chief Executive
Hong Kong Monetary Authority
27 October 2025
Attachment: Summit Programme
