Pork chopped: dismay as WH Group IPO scrapped

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Pork chopped: dismay as WH Group IPO scrapped

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WH Group's ill-starred attempt at an IPO finally came to a crunching halt on Tuesday night, as the issuer pulled the plug on its HK$14.6bn ($1.9bn) deal, blaming market conditions. Despite the high profile of the deal, bankers are confident that the pipeline can withstand the failure. But that did not stop a furious debate as to why the deal had collapsed.

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