As Hong Kong embarks on the exciting journey of building a commodities ecosystem, four key areas could help the city set the course. The task at hand is to explore real economy patterns to supplement the city’s financial plans.
First, we must prioritise products. The commodities market covers multiple categories. However, I will only focus on the industrial metals subset. Here, Hong Kong would want to select highly liquid, high-impact products to make scaling up easier.
Three major metals are…