China’s stock trading fever is spreading to Hong Kong’s job market, as banks and brokers scramble to sign up analysts capable of bridging the gap between China and the global investment community.
The Shanghai Composite has more than doubled over the past 12 months, making China the best performing market in the world and drawing the attention of fund managers everywhere.
Although some investment banks — such as UBS and Goldman Sachs — have long operated joint-ventures that produce both Chinese and English-language research, the opening late last year of the Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect has prompted many others to rethink the way they cover Asia’s second largest stock market.