Hong Kong increases its attractiveness as an international financial centre

December 03, 2014

Ayesha Lau, Darren Bowdern, Justin Pearce and Michael Olesnicky of KPMG China explain how the Hong Kong government has changed tax rules in areas such as captive insurance and expense deductibility for payments to overseas companies to maintain its position as an attractive international financial centre in the Asia Pacific region.

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