Leading Chinese e-commerce company Alibaba, which has a primary listing on the New York Stock Exchange, made its long-awaited Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKEx) debut in November 2019. This marked the first secondary listing in...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
In an important development for the Hong Kong securities market, the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKEx) announced that it has reached an agreement with the Shanghai and Shenzhen Stock Exchanges to permit companies with...more
In November 2014, the Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect (the“Shanghai-Hong Kong Train”), a pilot program for establishing mutual stock market access between Mainland China and Hong Kong, was officially launched. The new...more
On November 17, 2015, at a ceremony in Hong Kong marking the first anniversary of the Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect scheme, Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEx) chief executive Charles Li Xiaojia confirmed that the...more
The eagerly anticipated Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect (Stock Connect), or the so-called “through-train,” was launched on November 17, 2014, allowing foreign investors for the first time to directly buy and sell stocks...more