Standard Chartered Bank is expected to recruit as many as 500 employees in Hong Kong t

With the full customs clearance of Hong Kong and mainland China, Standard Chartered plans to recruit 300 to 500 employees in Hong Kong this year, and it is expected that its wealth management and loan business will increase.

According to the Singao Daily Daily (February 20), the Hong Kong Sing Tao Daily reported that the Chief Executive CEO of Standard Chartered Bank revealed in an interview that Standard Chartered Hong Kong will add 300 to 500 new employees this year, mainlyData, ESG direction talents, and customer managers, the total number of employees is expected to reach 5500 to 5,800.

Hui Huiyi introduced that the current number of employees in the international customer manager of Standard Chartered Hong Kong is about 100, and it is expected to increase to 150 this year.In addition, Standard Chartered Bank's first Greater Bay Area Investment Center opened in Guangzhou currently has more than 1,000 employees. This year, it will continue to increase the employment of the employees to cope with business growth. The number of employees is expected to increase to 1,600.

Hui Huiyi said that although it is still not easy to invite people now, the situation has improved.She pointed out that when the switch was not switched last year, overseas talents went to Hong Kong difficulty. At present, Lugang customs clearance, coupled with the government's introduction of talent policies, it is expected that the situation will improve.

In terms of banking business, Hui Huiyi said that although banks have increased significantly in real estate -related real estate last year, it does not mean that the quality of assets has declined.She has performed optimistic about wealth management income and loan business this year, and it is expected that the net interest margin of banks will continue to increase this year.

Standard Chartered Hong Kong's operating income in 2022 recorded US $ 3.715 billion, an increase of 8%year -on -year, and was close to the level of 2019 before the epidemic.According to Hui Huiyi, this result is good under the premise that Hong Kong's GDP fell 3.5%last year.She pointed out that due to the fifth wave of epidemics at the beginning of last year, the bank had difficulty in operating in the first half of the year, but the income in the second half of the year had rebounded strongly.

Looking forward to the future, Hui Huiyi believes that the strong rebound of the business in the second half of last year has driven the performance in the first half of this year. It is expected that the momentum of the recovery will continue until the second half of the year.Growth, Standard Chartered Hong Kong will also be optimistic.