Nearly 100 companies filed new listing applications in Hong Kong in January, marking a strong start to 2026 for initial public offering (IPO) activity. A total of 95 companies applied to list on Hong Kong’s main board, while one sought a place on the Growth Enterprise Market, which primarily served smaller and growth-stage firms, according…
Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEX) has amended its post-listing public float rules to give companies greater flexibility in managing capital while strengthening market transparency. The bourse operator will allow listed companies to meet an alternative ongoing public float threshold, requiring at least 10 per cent of issued shares in the listed class and a…
India’s government e-marketplace, or GeM, plans to introduce global tendering functionalities for the public procurement portal this year, following a free trade agreement (FTA) with the UK that opens government procurement on both sides to entities based in the two countries, senior officials said Monday. At present, these features are not available on the GeM…