1. Greater China’s Stock Markets Power Ahead -

With governments looking to boost the growth of domestic equity markets, the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKEx) has been trumpeting the benefits of its new regimes for emerging and innovative companies—moves which have successfully attracted leading tech businesses such as Alibaba, JD.com and NetEase.

Over the border, the recently incepted Shanghai STAR market and the Shenzhen ChiNext board (both Nasdaq look-alikes) are off to a flying start, with a raft of recently completed or reportedly planned high-profile listings, including Chinese commercial giant Ant Financial and carmaker Geely Automobile.

In this alert, we analyze important recent developments in the increasingly innovative and successful equity markets in Hong Kong and Mainland China.