The expansion would include Shenzhen Stock Exchange and potentially European stock exchanges, and would permit overseas issuers to raise capital in China through CDR listings. On 17 December 2021, the China Securities...more
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...more
In April 2018, the Hong Kong Stock Exchange’s (HKEx) rule amendments permitting the listing of innovative, high-growth companies with dual-class share structures and pre-revenue biotech companies went into effect. The...more
Kazakhstan has sought to position itself as the “Dubai of Central Asia” since the advent of the so-called “Dubai model” over a decade ago, with its capital Astana figuring as a global financial hub connecting Western Europe...more
China launched a green bond pilot initiative via the Shanghai Stock Exchange, encouraging further foreign investment in a rapidly growing asset class and paving the way for issuances by non-financial institutions....more