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18 December 2021
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19 November 2021
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04 October 2021
The 3rd edition, published by Hong Kong University Press, is now in print and will be available for purchase shortly.
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25 November 2019
Surprise, surprise. Riyadh appears to have lost its bet to successfully bring to market a US$100 billion-plus IPO for Saudi Aramco. read
China, Germany, Hong Kong, Liquidity, Offer size, Privatization
China, Germany, Hong Kong... +3 more
08 October 2019
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
Corporate governance, HKEX, Hong Kong, LSE
Corporate governance, HKEX, Hong Kong... +1 more
20 September 2019
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
10 July 2019
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
Asia, Chinese banks, Compliance, Equity sales, Equity trading, Europe, Hong Kong, Primary offerings, Settlement, UK, US
Asia, Chinese banks, Compliance... +8 more
26 June 2019
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
B shares, Direct listing, NYSE, US, Volatility
B shares, Direct listing, NYSE... +2 more
09 May 2019
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
Deutsche Bank, Investment Banking, Nomura, Strategy
Deutsche Bank, Investment Banking, Nomura... +1 more
16 April 2019
Just as Hong Kong has taken over from Japan as the second largest stock exchange in Asia (behind Shanghai), and as larger and better performing IPOs show renewed confidence on the part of investors in the city, Singapore’s primary markets have quietly (and rather worryingly) gone off the grid.
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Events, Hong Kong, Liquidity, Singapore, Vietnam
Events, Hong Kong, Liquidity... +2 more