Three Top Bankers Pull Out of Hong Kong's Global Finance Summit

  • Gray to miss the financial gathering after contracting Covid
  • Tropical cyclone Nalgae is forecast to move closer to the city
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Challenges are mounting for Hong Kong’s major financial summit this week, with three top executives pulling out and a tropical cyclone approaching.

Blackstone Inc. President Jonathan Gray will no longer attend the event because he contracted Covid and Chief Financial Officer Michael Chae will go instead, a Blackstone spokesperson told Bloomberg News.