Chinese investment banks on the rise

I gave a video interview to Asia banking reporter Enda Curran from the Wall Street Journal. read

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

In the emergency room

The recent overhaul of Hong Kong’s IPO regime has arguably resulted in better quality issuers coming to market. read

WH Group’s IPO: Drowning by numbers

Another week, another Hong Kong IPO with a silly number of bookrunners on the tombstone. 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

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

Espinasse on RTHK 3, Bloomberg

I was back in RTHK 3’s Admiralty studio this morning for a live radio interview in the “Money for Nothing” programme, hosted by anchor Bryan Curtis. read

Letter to South China Morning Post

“More relevant template from Malaysia”

I am the author of IPO: A Global Guide and refer to Enoch Yiu’s White Collar column (“Fresh reminder of need to end muddle over HKEx roles”, October 1). She said “London and Singapore have long ago brought in independent regulators to be involved in the listing approval process for companies undergoing IPOs”. read