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Zoe SL Chan
Senior Business Reporter
Zoe covers Hong Kong IPOs, equity markets, and investment banking trends. Previously with Hong Kong local newspapers and magazines, she tracks high-profile listings and regulatory shifts across the region. Based in Hong Kong, she specialises in breaking capital market news.
Zoe covers Hong Kong IPOs, equity markets, and investment banking trends. Previously with Hong Kong local newspapers and magazines, she tracks high-profile listings and regulatory shifts across the region. Based in Hong Kong, she specialises in breaking capital market news.
Areas of Expertise:
IPO & capital markets coverage, investigative reporting, market analysisLanguages Spoken:
Cantonese, English, Mandarin
Singapore-based company, which was founded in China, aims to raise as much as US$2.8 billion and began gauging investor demand last week.
Hang Seng Indexes Company says expanded 50-constituent index would feature 10 fastest-growing companies, irrespective of market cap.
The city plans to issue up to HK$50 billion of Silver Bonds next month, with the higher rate intended to pre-empt a rise in US interest rates.
SFC notes 13 cases so far this year, already close to last year’s total of 15, and warns a lack of public float can lead to high volatility.
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Beijing’s tightening scrutiny of overseas trading has not significantly harmed ‘legitimate’ cross-border investment flows, lender says.
Regulator action comes amid broader push to strengthen IPO safeguards after rapid market recovery.
The Chinese firm completed Hong Kong’s biggest IPO of the year, but its debut comes amid waning investor confidence in AI-related stocks.
Following an 80 per cent plunge in a popular SK Hynix leveraged fund, authorities have moved to overhaul rules for some high-risk investments.
NASN Intelligent Tech could launch its book-building as early as Thursday and debut in early August.
Tariffs, war and rising costs squeeze company’s margins as IPO looms, testing investor appetite for fast-fashion.
Firm’s year-end listing plan underscores China’s chip self-reliance and follows Biren, Iluvatar and Moore Threads in the fundraising rush.
Allianz is set to buy the bank’s Singapore insurance arm, entering a 15-year distribution pact as HSBC streamlines its global operations.
Zhongji sets an IPO city record for minimum lot price, which may price out retail investors though institutional demand remains strong.
Leading robot maker plans a Hong Kong IPO with Citic, CICC, and Morgan Stanley as sponsors.
The Chinese firm is aiming to raise US$8 billion in its Hong Kong listing on July 30, making it the city’s biggest share sale in seven years.
Regulatory headwinds, alongside prolonged IPO delays, have severely dented the unicorn’s valuation.
Inner Mongolia Xingye Silver & Tin Mining says it plans to resubmit application before end of September.
Shares of HKEX have lost about 5 per cent so far this year, roughly in line with the performance of the Hang Seng Index.
IPO lapses and sliding share prices underscore how weak consumption is dulling Hong Kong’s appetite for mainland China’s food sector.
The company says it sees the CSRC’s crackdown as a ‘industry-wide issue’ rather than a penalty targeting Futu alone.
By setting clear rules, Hong Kong is pushing to become the world’s safest launch pad for the digital currency.
Smaller firms face a liquidity squeeze amid AI-related stock profit-taking, which drags down IPO market sentiment.
DKE, a maker of e-paper display modules, says more time needed to finalise its exchange announcement and obtain clearances from regulators.
Shares worth US$11.5 billion to hit market as record wave of lock-up expirations starts and some firms eye share placements.
Autonomous-driving firm draws nearly 210,000 orders for a US$751 million offering, making it year’s second ‘red-chip’ firm to get Beijing’s permission to list via offshore structure.
Hong Kong Monetary Authority widens scope of yuan finance to solidify status as ‘offshore laboratory’ for currency amid de-dollarisiation trend.
More than 30 mainland Chinese firms face a deadline for regulatory approval in next two weeks, with one analyst comparing the process to a marathon.
A total of 413 companies set up or expanded their businesses in the city in the first six months.
