A day in the life of an Investment Banking Expert

Set out below is an article that was published in the Autumn 2022 edition of “Expert Matters”, the magazine of the Expert Witness Institute (EWI) in the UK, of which I am a member. read

20% discount on “IPO: A Global Guide”

Receive a 20% discount when ordering the third edition of my book, “IPO: A Global Guide”, on the publisher’s website. Simply insert the discount code A-IP312 when placing the online order with Hong Kong University Press. See the link below! read

Discount for North American readers

For those of you based in North America, University of Chicago Press is offering 70% off until the end of May 2022 on purchases of my book, “Cornerstone Investors: A Practice Guide for Asian IPOs”, through their website. Click on the link below to benefit from this offer. read

3rd edition of ‘IPO: A Global Guide’

The 3rd edition, published by Hong Kong University Press, is now in print and will be available for purchase shortly.

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Size matters – but not too much

Surprise, surprise. Riyadh appears to have lost its bet to successfully bring to market a US$100 billion-plus IPO for Saudi Aramco. read

A quick reminder about HKEX’s governance

On 8 October 2019, HKEX quietly dropped its US$36 billion-plus bid for the London Stock Exchange, citing its disappointment that, “it had been unable to engage” with the management of the latter “in realising its vision to create a world-leading market infrastructure group”. read

A Tokyo listing for Saudi Aramco?

Amid drone attacks on Saudi Aramco’s production facilities, news that both the London and Hong Kong stock exchanges were unlikely to be in the running for the international portion of the company’s flotation came as no surprise. read

What it takes to be an Asian ECM powerhouse

Last week, news that Deutsche Bank would fold its global equities business and terminate almost 20,000 of its employees came as a shock for market observers. read

The perils of direct listing

Last week, Slack Technologies Inc., a San Francisco-based software company which designs and develops real-time messaging for businesses, listed on the New York Stock Exchange in an offering that valued it at about US$24 billion. read

Where egos dare

The last few months saw two major investment banks, Deutsche Bank and my erstwhile employer Nomura, faced with increasing difficulties, and actively engaging in paring much of their businesses amid mounting losses. read