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Asia & Pacific — The New Hubs
Singapore has become to Asia what Switzerland is to Europe: a small, well-governed jurisdiction trusted to hold the capital of larger neighbours. Hong Kong, Tokyo and the emerging hubs offer access, infrastructure, and — for those who choose carefully — a residence that is light, mobile, and tax-efficient.
The cities, ranked.
| # | City | Banking | Tax | Residency | Family Office |
Privacy | Composite |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Singapore
Singapore
|
96 | 88 | 82 | 98 | 86 | 92 |
| 2 |
Hong Kong
Hong Kong
|
92 | 88 | 72 | 92 | 72 | 87 |
| 3 |
Tokyo
Japan
|
82 | 88 | 62 | 96 | 78 | 85 |
| 4 |
Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia
|
68 | 78 | 82 | 62 | 68 | 71 |
| 5 |
Seoul
Korea, Republic of
|
72 | 58 | 62 | 68 | 68 | 70 |
| 6 |
Bangkok
Thailand
|
62 | 72 | 78 | 66 | 58 | 68 |
| 7 |
Taipei
Taiwan, Province of China
|
68 | 72 | 68 | 62 | 72 | 68 |
| 8 |
Ho Chi Minh City
Viet Nam
|
58 | 68 | 72 | 52 | 58 | 61 |
| 9 |
Auckland
New Zealand
|
— | — | — | — | — | — |
| 10 |
Beijing
China
|
— | — | — | — | — | — |
| 11 |
Bengaluru
India
|
— | — | — | — | — | — |
| 12 |
Denpasar
Indonesia
|
— | — | — | — | — | — |
| 13 |
Guangzhou
China
|
— | — | — | — | — | — |
| 14 |
Hanoi
Viet Nam
|
— | — | — | — | — | — |
| 15 |
Jakarta
Indonesia
|
— | — | — | — | — | — |
| 16 |
Manila
Philippines
|
— | — | — | — | — | — |
| 17 |
Melbourne
Australia
|
— | — | — | — | — | — |
| 18 |
Mumbai
India
|
— | — | — | — | — | — |
| 19 |
New Delhi
India
|
— | — | — | — | — | — |
| 20 |
Perth
Australia
|
— | — | — | — | — | — |
| 21 |
Phnom Penh
Cambodia
|
— | — | — | — | — | — |
| 22 |
Shanghai
China
|
— | — | — | — | — | — |
| 23 |
Shenzhen
China
|
— | — | — | — | — | — |
| 24 |
Sydney
Australia
|
— | — | — | — | — | — |
| 25 |
Wellington
New Zealand
|
— | — | — | — | — | — |
All scores 0–100. Composite is a weighted aggregate of banking, tax, residency, luxury, internationality, privacy and family-office presence.