Southeast Asia has the demographics, digital adoption and manufacturing momentum to become one of the world’s most important growth regions. But to realise that potential, governments must choose scale over protectionism. The region’s biggest opportunity lies in acting more like an integrated market and less like a collection of guarded national economies. Protectionist instincts are…
Hong Kong is moving to streamline compliance procedures for technology listings as the city seeks to revive its IPO market and defend its role as a preferred fundraising venue for Chinese and Asian growth companies. Lawyers and bankers say the effort is aimed at reducing procedural uncertainty without weakening disclosure standards. The exchange has faced…
Foreign funds are returning selectively to Chinese and South Korean equities as improving earnings expectations and cheaper valuations draw investors back into markets that were heavily underweighted last year. The flows remain cautious, but brokers say global accounts are again asking for exposure to technology hardware, internet platforms, automakers and industrial exporters. China’s market has…
The debut of Shanghai Biren Technology on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, raising HK$5.58 billion in an offering that was subscribed more than 2,300 times in the public tranche, and Baidu’s confidential filing for a Kunlunxin IPO on the same day, have put Hong Kong’s regulatory framework for semiconductor listings under intense scrutiny. The exchange’s…
