Venture Capital

Ex-HKEX CEO’s fintech platform Micro Connect raises $458m at $1.7b valuation

Micro Connect is set to launch its Micro Connect Macao Financial Assets Exchange (MCEX).

IPOs & Markets

Exchange chief pledges to ‘eliminate barriers’ to boost IPOs of Chinese firms in HK

More Chinese firms listed on overseas markets are mulling a secondary flotation in Hong Kong following the Alibaba IPO.

IPOs & Markets

HK exchange not to give up on LSE takeover even after UK bourse rejects $39b bid

The flat rejection indicates HKEX boss Charles Li is unlikely to win LSE board round with an improved offer.

IPOs & Markets

Hong Kong Exchange CEO says ‘listing pipeline is still very long’

There are more than 250 companies in the IPO pipeline for next year, including many in the technology sector, according to Li.

IPOs & Markets

HK bourse sees healthy IPO pipeline after implementation of new rules

Technology companies that give founders and executives more voting rights are now allowed to go public in the former British colony after a major rule

IPOs & Markets

HKEX CEO says talks to lure Saudi Aramco listing will never stop

In February, Li said the stock exchange would bank on its role as a gateway to mainland China's deep-pocketed investors to win the coveted listing of

IPOs & Markets

Hong Kong wants to win the next Alibaba with exchange revamp

In recent years mainland firms including Alibaba, Weibo and Baidu have chosen New York.