Has the Singapore IPO market lost its mojo?
A quick glance at the SGX’s website shows that only six new listings closed on the Main Board since the start of the year. read
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In the emergency room
The recent overhaul of Hong Kong’s IPO regime has arguably resulted in better quality issuers coming to market. read
HK IPOs: the ‘new regime’ is still on slow speed
A new regime for sponsors of initial public offerings and the vetting of new listing applications in Hong Kong entered its second phase on April 1. read
WH Group’s IPO: Drowning by numbers
Another week, another Hong Kong IPO with a silly number of bookrunners on the tombstone. read
First quarter global IPO review
According to Dealogic, global IPO volume stood at US$48.0 billion (246 deals) in the first quarter of 2014, up 92% from US$24.9 billion (165 deals) in the same period in 2013, and the highest first quarter volume since 2010 ($53.7 billion). read
Alibaba – the genie is out of the bottle
I now write “Clawback” for GlobalCapital (formerly known as EuroWeek), a new column dissecting topics in Asia’s equity capital markets. read
HK investors give foreign issuers cold shoulder
Fast Retailing, the Japanese owner of fashion brands Uniqlo, Theory, Comptoir des Cotonniers and Princesse tam.tam, listed depository receipts in Hong Kong on March 5. read
The curse of ‘guanxi’ banking
News that some international investment banks sometimes try to curry favor with China’s political elite by hiring their offspring should not surprise anyone. read
‘New look’ website
Those of you among the 21,000-odd return visitors to this website will have noticed a few changes since it first became active in December 2010. read
Espinasse on HK Electric Investments
I was back in CNBC’s Hong Kong studio this morning to comment on “The Call” hosted by Bernie Lo, on Hong Kong Electric Investments’ IPO trading debut on HKEx. read