hong kong

Are you being forced to list in 2020? Blame Alibaba.

Alibaba’s successful HK listing, combined with mounting pressure from PE investors, is forcing Chinese companies to consider listing in 2020 despite the woeful stock market performance of many who floated in 2019.

January 06, 2020

Traditional banks don't see virtual banks as a challenge

Virtual banks have come on in leaps and bounds this year, but traditional banks believe that investment in technology and a personal touch will see off the newcomers.

December 15, 2019

FinanceAsia Deal Awards 2019 – why they won

We are setting out the rationale for the choices made in the Deal Awards for the Achievement Awards for 2019.

December 11, 2019

Roundup: Chinese IPOs continue to drive Asian stock markets

Alibaba came back to Asia in November and dominated the equity landscape. But people are now starting to ask what markets next year are going to look like.

December 08, 2019

Facebook’s Libra galvanises Asian central bankers into action

Central bankers from China, Hong Kong and Thailand plan to issue their own digital currencies, spurred by the threat to their monetary policy. They were previously too complacent, says the IMF.

November 07, 2019

Real estate IPOs top Asian stock markets

Thanks to IPOs from ESR and Lotte REIT, real estate was the sector to watch in October, according to data from Dealogic.

November 05, 2019

SinoMab's $223m IPO extends HK biotech craze

SinoMab pushes forward with what could be the fourth-largest biotech listing in Hong Kong this year as investors' appetite for the sector picks up.

October 31, 2019

Tax is a big hurdle for Taiwan’s wealth hub hopes

Taiwan wants to lure wealthy investors' capital from Singapore and above all Hong Kong but it ideally needs lower tax rates to do so, says a senior local regulator.

October 31, 2019

Chinese biotech's $53m IPO joins flurry of HK market activity

Even if Hong Kong's social landscape remains fractured, biotech firms continue to be lured to the HKEX, with Ascentage Pharma the latest to float.

October 23, 2019

ESR relaunches $1.45b HK flotation as stock market unfreezes

The revival of the Warburg Pincus-backed firm's delayed June initial public offering shows that social unrest has not dented confidence in Hong Kong's IPO market.

October 21, 2019