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India's stock market surge has fuelled frenzied IPO activities in the first half. Will the party continue for the rest of the year? Fund managers share their views and explain what it means for foreign investors.
Hong Kong’s initial public offering (IPO) activities are expected to rebound from rock bottom. Chinese institutional investors are set to play a bigger role, while more Middle Eastern capitals might come in.
Indonesia's emergence as a leading player in IPOs, driven by its abundant battery metal reserves and promising green energy sector, is also prompting speculation on its shifting investor perception and economic potential.
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Increasingly, private companies who wish to manage risk and improve business performance, are incorporating ESG practices into their business models — irrespective of where they are in their life cycle. Xiaying Zhang, director, private investments, APAC client group and Hillary Flynn, director ESG private investments at Wellington Management present an overview of important steps in this journey for PE firms.
Asian consumer companies received the majority of the total capital deployed by sovereign wealth funds throughout a record-breaking year of direct investments.
Investors appear to have reset their short-term expectations and risk tolerance across asset classes due to higher-than-expected inflation, the rise of interest rates, and the war in Ukraine.
Hong Kong and Shanghai bourses lagged their global rivals in fund raising in 2021, but that could all change this year.
The stock’s promising performance stands in sharp contrast to the less fortunate fates of other Chinese companies that have been affected by government clampdowns.
By delisting out of New York and switching over to Hong Kong, Chinese ride-sharing company, Didi, is setting a path for other Chinese technology groups that hold customer data.
IPO listings volume in Hong Kong have had a lacklustre year compared with global peers, so will more Chinese companies embrace HK as a listing option after what happened to Didi Global?
The new regulation is likely to spur local listings and, consequently, institutional investor interest in equities, experts say.
