Hong Kong IPO Guide 2013
The “Hong Kong IPO Guide 2013” is just out, published by LexisNexis. This is the second edition of the guide, of which I was already a co-author in 2012. read
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HKEx 2nd conference on “Raising Capital in HK”
I will be moderating a panel discussion on the Hong Kong listing mechanism at HKEx’s 2nd whole-day conference on “Raising capital in Hong Kong”, on Thursday 17 January 2013. read
More puff, less huff for flotations in 2013
Like an endangered species clinging on to the last remnants of its natural habitat, the Hong Kong initial public offering was scantly seen in 2012. The euro-zone sovereign debt crisis rumbled through the markets for most of the year, putting paid to many issuers’ plans.
Season’s Greetings
After a rather busy 2012, here’s wishing the very best to all my readers for 2013. read
CMEC launches its Hong Kong IPO
China Machinery Engineering Corporation is in the market to raise up to US$500 million equivalent through an accelerated offering, targeted at Regulation S (and Hong Kong retail) investors only – probably one of the last IPOs in Hong Kong this year. read
PICC deal shows Japan on the POWL
Amid particularly tense Sino-Japanese relations, the US$3.1 billion IPO of mainland insurer PICC Group is all the more remarkable in that it included a rare tranche, solely targeted at Japanese investors. read
Another (full) round of interviews
I was, again, solicited by the financial media this morning, to comment on the IPO trading debut of PICC Group’s US$3.09 billion IPO. read
Auction stations
Season oblige, I was asked by the South China Morning Post to write a long piece on wine auctions, which many equity capital markets bankers follow as a pastime, and which was published in today’s Food & Wine supplement. read
The price will be right
Pre-IPO research has once again been in the spotlight in two recent Hong Kong transactions. In both, the issuers were said to have been leaning on brokers to produce valuations that met their expectations. read
Report on cross-border IPOs
I participated, alongside 14 other professionals, in a study for an in-depth report from PwC and Baker & McKenzie (coordinated by consultancy Meridian West) on cross-border IPO trends. read