MARKET PLACE British Exchange Hopes That Air China Trading Heralds ...
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AIR CHINA will become the first new Chinese company in four years to trade on the London Stock Exchange today, in what exchange officials hope will be the beginning of a wave of listings from Hong Kong.
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The London Stock Exchange plans to set up an Asia headquarters in Hong Kong to tap the growing number of mainland corporates eyeing listings abroad, a local newspaper reports.
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German-based global aviation giant Deutsche Lufthansa AG (Lufthansa) is brewing a bold long-term business strategy to further tap into the fledgling but promising Chinese market, thanks to the new and more ...
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Geneva - China is expected to be the world&#39;s fastest-growing market for air travel as the world&#39;s airlines look for global growth in passenger traffic of 6 percent annually over the next four years, the top industry body said on Wednesday.
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Investors are piling into the shares of the London exchange hoping that NasdaqÂs pursuit of the exchange will lead to a rich buyout.
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The London Stock Exchange, fresh from fending off a takeover from US rival Nasdaq, has said that an agreement would be reached &quot;in the near future&quot; on a strategic alliance with its Tokyo counterpart.
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The exchange, Asiaâs seventh-biggest equities market, planned to sell a stake of as much as 25 percent of itself to overseas bourses.
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The race is on among international banking groups for a stake of the Chinese market as Beijing loosens its grip on the sector, and British banks are already ahead of many of their rivals thanks to a long-standing presence in the region.
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Chinese e-commerce company Alibaba.com is making final preparations for an initial public offering of shares on the Hong Kong stock exchange, set for Nov. 6. But most of the proceeds will go to existing shareholders rather than into the company&#39;s coffers to fund future acquisitions and other plans.Alibaba&#39;s prospectus said the listing price would be set within a range between HK$12 (US$1.55) to HK$13.50 per share. While the final pricing has not yet been announced, Dow Jones Newswires reported that the listing price had been set at the very top of that range.Nearly 859 million shares -- accounting for 17 percent of Alibaba&#39;s shares -- will be offered during the IPO, including 227 million shares owned by the company. The balance of the shares on offer are held by existing shareholders.&#160;The IPO&#160;attracted US$150 billion in orders from institutional investors and HK$453 billion in orders from individuals, making it &quot;the biggest offering in Hong Kong&#39;s IPO history,&quot; according to the Dow Jones report.Out of the HK$11.6 billion expected to be raised during the IPO about HK$3 billion (US$387 million) will go to Alibaba, which plans to use most of the money for acquisitions and to develop new technologies.Alibaba is one of China&#39;s oldest and most successful Internet companies, running a business-to-business trading portal under the Alibaba.com name, an online payment service, and China&#39;s most popular auction site, called Taobao.com. But while other Chinese Internet companies cashed in on investor enthusiasm for Internet stocks and China&#39;s growing market with listings in Hong Kong and New York, Alibaba -- which generated 73 percent of its revenue from outside China during the first half of 2007 -- remained privately held.A 2005 deal with Yahoo took some pressure off Alibaba to go public.&#160;Yahoo invested US$1 billion in Alibaba&#160;in return for a 40 percent stake in the company, and transferred control of its Chinese operations to Alibaba. Approximately $750 million of the proceeds from that deal went to shareholders, allowing early investors in the company to take a return on their investments.Yahoo&#39;s investment in Alibaba will likely increase, with the company expected to invest a further US$100 million through the IPO.&#160;
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Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Friday opened a representative office of the London Stock Exchange in Beijing, saying its presence would help boost two-way trade and investment.
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The Tokyo Stock Exchange  has decided to tie up with the London Stock Exchange , and is set for an official alliance accord when TSE President Taizo Nishimura visits the U.K. in late February, Kyodo News reported on Sunday, citing exchange officials.
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British banking giant Royal Bank of Scotland is in talks to buy 19.9 percent of Suzhou Trust in China, its latest attempt to ramp up its position in the Chinese market, state media said Wednesday.
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NYSE Euronext  and Australia's ASX Ltd  may be interested in buying some or part of Nasdaq Stock Market Inc's  stake in London Stock Exchange Plc , a person familiar with the matter said on Monday.
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London-based Absolute Capital Management Ltd is set to list on the London Stock Exchange's Alternative Investment Market on a date still to be determined.
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Cathay Pacific Airways (0293.HK),  Hong Kong's flagship airline, will support any possible bid  made by Air China group for China Eastern (0670.HK), chief  executive Tony Tyler said on Wednesday.
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Shares in China's biggest airline Air China close up 8% after making their debut on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
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London is seen starting slightly higher on Tuesday after a late recovery on Wall Street, but the continentâs bourses are seen opening flat.