Hong Kong Institute for Monetary and Financial Research

The Hong Kong Academy of Finance (AoF)’s research activity is carried out through the Hong Kong Institute for Monetary and Financial Research (HKIMR), a subsidiary that was established by the Hong Kong Monetary Authority in August 1999. Since then it has been conducting research in the fields of monetary policy, banking and finance that are of strategic importance to Hong Kong and the Asia region. With the establishment of the AoF in June 2019, the HKIMR’s remit is expanded to include applied finance research in cross-sectoral areas. With the introduction of this new function, the HKIMR also carries out research projects that are both in-depth and highly relevant to the policy deliberations amongst the financial industry and regulators in Hong Kong, and strategic to the long-term development of the local financial industry. The Hong Kong Institute for Monetary and Financial Research (HKIMR) is the research arm of the Academy of Finance, and pursues the goal of serving as a repository of knowledge in monetary and financial research, including applied research.