Hong Kong banks and brokers reported keen interest in the latest batch of Silver Bonds compared with last year after subscriptions opened on Monday. HSBC, the biggest of the city's three currency-issuing banks, said application volumes and values were higher compared with the first day of sales last year. "The share of digital submission continues to grow," a spokesperson said. "Separately, around 30 per cent of the applicants are new investors in the Silver Bonds programme with us." Do you have questio ...