Forget WikiLeaks. Today’s bombshell is an internal presentation by banking giant UBS that provides advice to some of its front-office employees in Switzerland on how to dress and groom themselves for success. read
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Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) published on 10 December 2010 its consultation conclusions on the acceptance of mainland accounting and auditing standards and mainland audit firms for mainland incorporated companies listed in Hong Kong. read
Following a week of roadshows across Asia’s main financial centres, Brazil’s Vale, the second largest diversified mining company in the world by market capitalization, listed on 8 December 2010 both common depositary receipts and Class A preferred depositary receipts on the Main Board of the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong, by way of introduction.Vale is the largest non-financial Western company to be listed in Hong Kong and was also the first-ever corporate to list Hong Kong Depositary Receipts (HDRs). read
The Securities and Futures Commission (the SFC) and the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong launched a joint consultation on 3 December 2010 on proposed changes to the requirements for property valuation disclosure in prospectuses and circulars for issuers and listing applicants. read
According to its website, the number of foreign companies listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange (the TSE) has fallen to its lowest level since 1985. The highest number of foreign listed corporates was 127 in April 1991, although this has now dropped to 12 (ten of which only on the First Section of the TSE), with the recent de-listings in 2010 by Aegon N.V. from the Netherlands, UBS from Switzerland, and Deutsche Telekom AG from Germany. read
In Hong Kong, listing Rule 8.05(3)(f) currently requires an applicant that lists using the market capitalization / revenue test to have at least 1,000 shareholders. This listing requirement is more onerous than both the profit and the market capitalization / revenue / cash flow tests, and effectively prevents applicants with a large market capitalization and revenues from listing if they cannot secure sufficient retail investor interest.
As previously announced in September 2010, the Singapore Exchange (SGX) introduced on 22 October 2010 trading of American Depositary Receipts (ADRs) issued by Asian companies in the Asian time zone. read
Sabana Shari’ah Compliant Industrial REIT (Sabana) started trading on 26 November 2010 in Singapore after raising S$533.4 million (US$404 million) in an IPO. Sabana is the only Shari’ah-compliant REIT listed in Singapore and also the largest listed Shari’ah-compliant REIT by total assets globally. Shari’ah-compliant investments can be sold to both conventional investors and those that observe the principles of Islamic finance. read
General Motors Company (GM) announced on 26 November 2010 that the value of both the common and preferred stock sold in its IPO by its selling shareholders, including the US Department of the Treasury, reached US$23.1 billion, following the exercise of the over-allotment options under both offerings. read
