The popular messaging app, Line, owned by Asia's Naver Corp, is preparing an initial public offering in the United States and Tokyo as soon as November, Bloomberg reported Tuesday, citing people who were familiar with the matter.

Hong Kong’s IPO market, the world’s leader from 2009 to 2011, has stumbled in the last few years. The pulling of potential mega IPOs in recent months has added to the uncertainty. However, recent figures indicate that the market is clawing its way back, with a healthy volume of listings in the pipeline for 2014. And with new rules in force to boost investor confidence, the signs point to a gradual ascent of the city’s IPO market. Kanishk Verghese reports

Dubai's Emaar Properties said on Monday it will list up to 25 percent of its malls business on the Dubai Financial Market (DFM), a shift from earlier plans to list on the emirate's smaller Nasdaq Dubai exchange.

Malaysian palm oil producer Boustead Plantations Bhd priced its IPO at an indicative price range of 1.50 ringgit to 1.60 ringgit per share as it seeks to raise up to 1.05 billion ringgit ($327.05 million) in an initial public offering, its chairman said on Tuesday.

Russia's Gazprom is working on obtaining a listing in Singapore, possibly in July, the company said on Thursday.

Cambodia's nascent stock market is set to double its number of listed companies next week when Taiwan garment company Grand Twins International becomes the second firm to go public in the Southeast Asian nation.

Pacific Equity Partners hopes to pull off one of Australia's most profitable private equity exits in years when it floats cleaning and catering company Spotless Group with a market value triple what it paid less than two years ago.

Egypt's Arabian Cement Company's initial public share offer, the first major listing on Cairo's bourse since the 2011 political uprising, was 18.5 times oversubscribed, an official at advising bank CI Capital told Reuters on Tuesday.

Malaysia's Reach Energy Bhd, a special-purpose acquisition company (SPAC) with no existing assets, plans to list shares on the local bourse in a deal to fetch 750 million ringgit ($232 million), according to a draft prospectus published on Monday.

Malaysia's biggest convenience store operator, 7-Eleven Malaysia Holdings Bhd, is seeking to raise up to $226 million in its initial public offering, a term sheet of the deal showed.