China takes a gamble with IPO resumption
Authorities hope new measures will help listing debutants in 2014
[SHANGHAI] China's plan to build confidence in domestic stock markets, and turn around their reputation as financial casinos, will depend on a regulatory gamble paying off next year.
Authorities have decided to lift a ban on new stock listings from as early as next month, wagering that a series of confidence-building measures announced recently will ensure healthy demand for the tide of new shares expected in 2014.
But if they are wrong, a flood of new listings could not only sink China's already-struggling bourses but also jeopardise a bigger reform goal: to ensure more money flows to where it is needed in the world's second-largest economy.
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