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21.03.26 - 02:36
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Should Hong Kong′s stock exchange make all IPO applications confidential? (SCMP)
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Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEX) last week proposed its biggest set of listing reforms since 2018 for Asia's third-largest stock exchange. Delivered in a consultation paper, the reforms aim to further improve the competitiveness of the exchange that topped the world rankings for initial public offerings (IPOs) last year.
The bourse operator will collect views on the proposals, which include broadening a special listing regime for innovative companies and opening the door for listings by......
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19.03.26 - 12:06
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SFC prepares to inspect Hong Kong IPO listing sponsors amid quality concerns (SCMP)
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Hong Kong's market regulator will soon begin inspection of investment banks to assess their roles as sponsors of listing candidates, in its latest effort to uphold the quality of new listings amid a booming market.
The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) said the inspection would focus on whether banks had complied with its January circular, which outlined expectations on staffing and quality controls when handling initial public offerings (IPOs) in Hong Kong. For example, the SFC expected......
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18.03.26 - 00:36
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Chinese banks outpace rivals in Hong Kong wealth growth on IPO boom, capital flows (SCMP)
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The wealth management businesses of Chinese investment banks in Hong Kong are growing faster than those of international rivals, as a buoyant initial public offering (IPO) market and rising cross-border flows strengthen their competitive edge.
“Chinese investment banks are seeing accelerated growth … because [their] base is smaller and the current market environment favours them,” said Wang Lei, CEO of Huatai Financial Holdings (Hong Kong), in an interview with the South China Morning Post,......
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17.03.26 - 07:42
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First HKIC bet SmartMore seeks Hong Kong IPO amid booming tech pipeline (SCMP)
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SmartMore, the first company backed by the Hong Kong government's investment fund, has applied for a listing, underscoring the city's crowded pipeline of technology initial public offerings (IPOs).
The unicorn, founded in 2019 and specialising in industrial artificial intelligence, submitted its application on Monday night, with Morgan Stanley, China International Capital Corporation and Deutsche Bank as joint sponsors. SmartMore provides intelligent manufacturing and digital innovation through......
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16.03.26 - 06:12
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Hong Kong attracts wave of biotech IPO filings amid AI drug boom (SCMP)
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More than 10 loss-making biotechnology companies have filed for Hong Kong stock exchange listings this year, bringing cutting-edge drugs and artificial intelligence-powered drug discovery platforms to market, as the city's bourse presses ahead with reforms aimed at supporting the real economy.
The latest applications came as healthcare and biotechnology equity capital market activity – stock sales by companies and their shareholders – in Hong Kong reached US$15.6 billion last year, the second......
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09.03.26 - 04:54
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Hong Kong′s IPO pace picks up as 2 mainland Chinese firms get listing approval (SCMP)
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Semiconductor display manufacturer Everdisplay Optronics (Shanghai) and robotics firm Zhejiang Galaxis Technology Group have received approval to list in Hong Kong, marking steady progress in the city's nearly 500-strong listings pipeline.
The two mainland Chinese companies published their post-hearing information packs on the Hong Kong stock exchange on Sunday, as the initial public offering (IPO) market in the city gathers pace once again after the Chinese New Year holiday. Neither firm......
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03.03.26 - 11:31
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HSBC chairman floats ′IPO connect′ for Hong Kong, Shenzhen ahead of China′s ′two sessions′ (SCMP)
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Beijing should create a “connect” scheme for initial public offerings (IPOs) in the Greater Bay Area to allow mainland and Hong Kong investors to buy into new listings across the border, HSBC chairman Peter Wong Tung-shun said on the eve of China's annual “two sessions” meetings.
“If investors in both Shenzhen and Hong Kong are further allowed to participate simultaneously in IPOs in both markets – achieving a more comprehensive IPO connect mechanism for the Greater Bay Area – it would help......
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28.02.26 - 03:06
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The big cornerstone comeback: what′s driving investors back to Hong Kong IPOs? (SCMP)
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Until last year, Fidelity International's most significant cornerstone commitments on the Hong Kong initial public offering (IPO) market dated back to 2021, when Chinese short-video platform Kuaishou Technology raised US$5.4 billion and healthcare firm Medlive Technology completed a US$543.4 million listing.
Then for the next four years, the asset manager went quiet.
Late last year it returned to Chinese assets in force. It backed gold miner Zijin Gold International's US$3.2 billion listing in......
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