Monday, 2 February 2026

Hong Kong: company floatations top the world | SCMP

Also in the news today: 2025 exports from Hong Kong — often admittedly re-exports from the Mainland — were up 15% in 2025, after a flat couple of years. 

IPOs, OTOH, are a good measure of how attractive and competitive a place is to float companies. 

It's OK, isn't it, to mention a few pieces of good news about the place we live? Every now and then… 

Snip: 
Hong Kong reclaimed the world's top spot for IPOs in 2025 after a slump since its 2021 peak. A total of 114 companies raised US$37.22 billion [$US 5 billion] on the exchange's main board last year.

https://www.scmp.com/business/article/3342003/hong-kong-back-global-ipo-spotlight-after-strongest-january-years

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