Hong Kong, a ticking ‘financial time bomb’? Photo: Bloomberg
Opinion
Opinion
Abacus by Tom Holland
Hong Kong a ticking financial time bomb? A thrilling story, but don’t buy what Kyle Bass is selling
The US hedge fund manager has form when it comes to forecasting financial disasters – see the global financial crisis of 2008
But comparing Asia’s premier international financial centre to Iceland or Cyprus before they went belly-up? A chilling scare story, but that’s all it is, writes Tom Holland