ZhongAn jumps in Hong Kong debut after $1.5bn IPO

The Shanghai-based company, backed by Jack Ma's Ant Financial, internet services major Tencent Holdings, and Ping An Insurance Group, had priced its 199.3 million share IPO at the top end of its indicative price range of HK$53.70-HK$59.70, following strong ... ( read original story ...)

Global IPOs Surge 59% Through First 3 Quarters of 2017

The third quarter’s largest IPO was Switzerland’s Landis+Gyr, which hauled in $2.4 billion in its debut on the Swiss SIX exchange. The three stock exchanges that saw the most action in the third quarter were Shanghai (SSE) with 56 IPOs and capital ... ( read original story ...)

5 reasons stock-market investors may strike it rich in China

Of course, past performance is no guarantee of future returns — and both the Hang Seng and the Shanghai Composite (SHA ... reality is that 2017 is seeing tremendous demand for emerging-market debt. The New York Times recently reported that debt sales ... ( read original story ...)