TY - BOOK ID - 142835086 TI - Hong Kong as an international financial centre : emergence and development 1945-1965 PY - 2001 SN - 1134626045 1134626053 042922933X 128032631X 9786610326310 0203183290 PB - London : Routledge, DB - UniCat KW - Finance KW - International finance KW - Hong Kong (China) KW - Economic conditions. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:142835086 AB - Based on previously unpublished archival records, this book studies the origins of Hong Kong's post war rise to global prominence. It explores the expansion of the gold market, stock market, banking system, foreign exchange market, and insurance in the years 1945-1965. This book makes a significant contribution to our understanding of the development of Hong Kong, the impact of financial regulation and, more broadly, the role of financial centres in the international economy in the post war period. ER -