Search Results for: IPO
Virtu IPO Tests Perceptions of High-Speed Trading
April 16th, 2015
High-frequency trading firm prices shares at $19, high end of projected range When Virtu Financial Inc., starts trading Thursday, its performance will be a test of how markets view a firm that has been at the center of controversy ...
Clifford Chance advises on GF Securities (Hong Kong)’ IPO
April 15th, 2015
International law firm Clifford Chance has advised a group of 26 underwriters, led by GF Securities (Hong Kong), Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, BOCOM International Securities, Deutsche Bank and Merrill Lynch on GF Securities’ HK$28 billion (US$3.5 billion) listing on ...
Speed Trader Virtu Readies Another IPO Try
April 7th, 2015
Deal could value the company at $2.59 billion With the controversy over high-speed trading firms cooling, one of them is preparing to brave the stock market. Virtu Financial Inc. on Monday outlined plans to go public later this month ...
Greek Parliament Passes Antipoverty Bill
March 19th, 2015
International creditors had asked Greece to hold off on voting until they assessed budget impact Greek lawmakers passed an antipoverty bill Thursday despite not having the green light from international creditors on the law, in the latest snag in ...
Citi-linked China broker’s IPO 90 times oversubscribed in $150 bln investor rush
March 13th, 2015
Orient Securities Co‘s $1.6 billion initial public offering, the largest mainland China listing since 2011, was oversubscribed by a factor of over 90 as investors scrambled for a sale boosted by new rules capping IPO prices and soaring industry profits. Under ...
China stocks fall as IPO burst raises liquidity concerns; HK also down
March 9th, 2015
China stocks sank on Monday morning amid worries over tighter liquidity as 23 companies are poised to sell shares publicly this week, potentially locking over 3 trillion yuan ($478.84 billion) of capital. The decline was led by brokerages, which slumped after China’s ...
HKBN Raises $750 Million in Hong Kong’s Biggest IPO This Year
March 5th, 2015
Broadband-services provider HKBN Ltd. raised US$750 million after pricing its Hong Kong initial public offering at the top end of the price range, people familiar with the situation said Thursday, making it the second-largest IPO in Asia Pacific this ...
FIX Trading Community Releases Best Practices Document for IPO Process
February 24th, 2015
FIX Trading Community, the non-profit, industry-driven standards body at the heart of global financial trading, today announced the release of a Best Practices document for the automation of the Initial Public Offering (IPO) process. In 2014, a number of ...
TechFinancials intends to release an IPO on London’s Alternative Market
January 30th, 2015
TechFinancials, a software developer, supplying a simplified trading solution to online brokers through whom its software is used by traders worldwide and operates OptionFair an online regulated broker, through the Group’s fully owned subsidiary B.O TradeFinancials in Cyprus has ...
Fraud accusations held for Alibaba IPO made public in regulator’s report
January 29th, 2015
A white paper from the State Administration for Industry and Commerce published Wednesday alleged that Alibaba Group‘s (BABA.NYSE) Taobao Marketplace sold counterfeit goods and allowed stores to be run without business licenses, among other accusations, South China Morning Post reported. The firm’s ...
