Hong Kong is intensifying its efforts to become an international gold trading center, supporting China’s broader ambition to cement its influence over global bullion markets amid a shifting geopolitical landscape and record-high prices, according to local officials. Joseph Chan Ho-lim, Hong Kong’s Undersecretary for Financial Services and the Treasury, announced at the first gold trading session of the new Year of the Horse that the government intends to make a “full push” to transform the city into a regional gold storage and trading hub. “We will expand the country’s market share and influence on prices in the ... (full story)