Wall Street Bosses in Hong Kong See Financial Dangers Everywhere

Fragile markets, shadow lenders, international tensions and too many wars — global bankers gathering in Hong Kong were meant to discuss how they’re adapting to the financial world’s “complexity” and ended up dwelling on the potential for big blowups instead.

“My biggest fear is there’s one more geopolitical escalation and there’s a market event,” Deutsche Bank AG Chief Executive Officer Christian Sewing said at the Global Financial Leaders’ Investment Summit in Hong Kong on Tuesday.

Christian Sewing during the Global Financial Leader’s Investment Summit in Hong Kong on Nov. 7.

Photographer: Lam Yik/Bloomberg

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