Opinion: Graff cancellation was not just about the market

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Opinion: Graff cancellation was not just about the market

Graff Diamonds was forced to cancel its IPO last week, giving bankers another example of how tough the Hong Kong market is at the moment. But it was not just the market backdrop that forced the company to scrap its deal: Graff took an approach that would have been aggressive at the best of times.

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