[Hong Kong Financial Secretary: Expanding Eligible Investment Categories for Funds and Family Office Tools to Include Digital Assets Outside Hong Kong] Odaily Planet Daily News – The Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury of Hong Kong announced at the Legislative Council's Financial Affairs Panel meeting on optimizing funds, family office control tools, and preferential tax regimes for carried interest that a series of optimization measures have been formulated in collaboration with the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, the Securities and Futures Commission of Hong Kong, and the Inland Revenue Department. These measures include expanding the eligible investment categories for funds and family office tools to cover digital assets located outside Hong Kong, real estate, insurance-linked securities, equity interests in non-corporate entities, loans (including private debt investments), precious metals, and specific commodities. This complements the government's policies in related areas such as promoting carbon trading, digital assets, and trading in precious metals and commodities. (Hong Kong Press Release)