Gathering momentum
BY Kanishk Verghese |
After a strong showing in 2014, Hong Kong’s IPO market is set to carry the momentum forward into 2015, with a strong pipeline of companies looking to list on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. On the liquidity front, the signs look positive with the Hong Kong-Shanghai Stock Connect starting to bear fruit, and the introduction of a similar scheme between Hong Kong and Shenzhen’s stock markets penciled for later this year. Meanwhile, discussion over the hotly debated issue of whether Hong Kong should allow weighted voting rights has continued into 2015. Kanishk Verghese reports