HKEX

Hong Kong asks investment banks to ensure IPO applications maintain standards

More than 300 companies have filed to list in the city, most of them from mainland China

Hong Kong’s listings market is on track to end 2025 at a four-year high, with proceeds potentially topping US$40 billion.

Hong Kong stock rally meets HK$193.8 billion lockup test ahead

The hefty total reflects a banner year of listings in the city

Hong Kong is on track to set a four-year high in IPO fundraising this year.

Hong Kong exchange profit jumps 56% on trading, IPO boom

The benchmark index has surged 29% driving stock and derivatives trading to records

In Asia-Pacific markets, exchange operators’ reservations threaten to grind the plans of crypto hoarders to a halt entirely.

Asia’s biggest stock exchanges push back against companies hoarding crypto

More recently, DATs’ purchases have slowed and their share prices have sagged, coinciding with a sharp sell-off in wider digital asset markets

Commodity Pricing and Analysis Limited, the bourse operator’s new Dubai-based subsidiary, will operate as a commodities pricing administrator.

Hong Kong's bourse operator expands commodities business with Dubai unit

HONG Kong Exchanges & Clearing (HKEX) launched a new unit in Dubai to advance its commodities business, the exchange operator said on Monday (Oct 13).

The move is part of HKEX’s broader ambitions to attract offshore listings to bolster its global credentials and expand into the Middle East.

HK, Abu Dhabi bourse operators seek to deepen capital market ties

The agreement underscores increasing financial ties between the Asian financial hub and the Middle East

Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index is up almost 25% year to date, making it one of the world’s best-performing major equities markets.

Hong Kong exchange’s first-half profit jumps nearly 40% to record

Analysts say the surge in the benchmark index has been driven by foreign investors’ return to buying Chinese stocks

Looking at Nasdaq’s IPO calendar, BT counted 13 Singapore-based companies that launched their IPO in the US in the first six months of this year.

More Singapore companies charmed by US listing, but post-IPO trail not a pretty sight

The majority are trading below their initial listing prices, with the largest loss nearing 90%

In H1, IPOs and cross-listings on HKEX totalled 210 deals, raising US$49.2 billion – more than nine times the US$5.3 billion raised a year ago, based on S&P Global Market Intelligence data.

South-east Asian firms test Hong Kong waters amid IPO surge

Three Asean-linked companies list on HKEX this year, with possibly four more to come

There has been little demand from investors in Hong Kong to drive liquidity, notes LHN.

LHN proposes delisting from Hong Kong due to low trading volume, costs

The company plans to retain its primary listing on the Singapore Exchange