Hong Kong puts financial professionals to the test

Turn the clock back a few decades and the criterion for anyone entering the securities industry was to have an uncle or other relative working at a brokerage firm.

But those days are long gone. Today, even holders of doctoral degrees or experienced brokers and senior investment bankers from overseas cannot work in the sector before first passing the Hong Kong Securities and Investment Institute's licensing exam for securities and futures intermediaries.

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