Hong Kong Turmoil Has Wealthy Eyeing Other Havens

Private bankers are being flooded with inquiries from investors in Hong Kong who are worried about the long-term effects of the political crisis in the Chinese city.

While the Hong Kong government has shelved the controversial law that sparked the latest round of unrest -- one that would have allowed criminal suspects to be transferred to the mainland for trial -- a new tier of wealthy investors are setting up ways to move their money out of the former British colony more quickly, bankers and wealth managers said.