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Mobilising Wealth for Good

“Although the West may have driven many of banking’s evolutions, its future is in Asia,” says Philip Kunz, Head of Global Private Banking for South Asia at HSBC, who has spent 20 of his 35-year finance career in Asia, witnessing first hand the remarkable transformation of the region’s banking sector.

Backing Kunz’s two decades in the region are roots that stretch even deeper. “HSBC was one of the earliest banks to establish in Singapore,” he shares. The bank opened its first branch at Collyer Quay in 1877, more than 140 years ago. “We have always been focused on helping our local clients capture opportunities—from supporting the country’s rubber exports in the 1880s to its post-war rebuild and

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