Hong Kong — Global banks including HSBC and Standard Chartered are ramping up hiring to tap into China’s latest market opening — a new investment link with Hong Kong that could yield almost $500m a year in fees.

The investment scheme will allow bank customers in nine southern Chinese cities such as Shenzhen to invest across the border in Hong Kong and vice versa, further integrating the $1.7-trillion Greater Bay area economy...

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