China-Belarus agreement aims to boost capital markets in both countries
The Shenzhen Stock Exchange (SZSE) and the Belarusian Currency and Stock Exchange (BCSE) have signed a memorandum of understanding...
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Hong Kong IPOs see major boost from new biotech rules
Hong Kong IPOs grew during the first six months of 2019, thanks to new listing rules for biotech companies and despite political...
IPOs see slow start to year in Latin America
Latin American markets were slow in the first half of the year, due to ongoing political and economic instability in a number of...
African IPOs see dramatic drop in first half of 2019
The African IPO market saw a 28 percent decline in the first half of 2019, with capital raised falling to $341 mn, compared with...
North American IPO market sees decline in first half of 2019
The US Federal government shutdown and subsequent SEC backlog and delay in activity in the IPO market caused a significant decline...
Capital raised from China-Hong Kong cross-border IPOs falls in first half of 2019
The legacy of 2018’s stellar performance in Asia-Pacific, which was mostly driven by an uptick in high-value Chinese cross-border...
EMEA IPO market struggles as global IPOs see big fall
Capital-raising in global IPO markets fell by 37 percent in the first half of 2019, with volume plunging 34 percent compared with...
Citi warns of ‘full-scale bear market’ in the S&P 500
Concerns about US tariffs on Mexico may have waned but there are enough problematic US trade scenarios for Citi strategists to be...
Hong Kong slips in IPO rankings as US exchanges benefit from Uber and Lyft
The NYSE has been ranked the top exchange for IPO proceeds in the first five months of the year, followed by Nasdaq and knocking...
How the investment community responded to Brexit
‘There isn’t a return. That bridge has been pulled up.’ That’s how Anne Finucane, Bank of America’s vice chair, described her firm...
