EQUITY - Catering to Japanese tastes

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EQUITY - Catering to Japanese tastes

Most of Asia's biggest equity issues of late have included POWLs (public offerings without listing), served up solely for retail investors in Japan. These tranches are likely to be included in deals to come, including the Bank of China IPO. But is it becoming an outdated mechanism when Asian liquidity flows are so strong? Richard Morrow reports.

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