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Hong Kong has begun exploring ways to allow listings by special purpose acquisition companies (Spacs), which are gaining popularity in Asia after taking the US by storm in the past year. But while the early-stage discussions show the bourse’s growth ambitions, it will have to clear numerous roadblocks to make blank-cheque firms a reality. Jonathan Breen reports. -
Equity capital market participants cheered the publication on Wednesday of former EU commissioner Jonathan Hill's review of London listing rules. The report, written on behalf of the UK Treasury, recommended sweeping changes in order to attract more companies to the London Stock Exchange. On Thursday, Deliveroo, the food delivery company, announced it would be listing in London.
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Hong Kong is exploring the possibility of getting in on the craze around special purpose acquisition companies (Spac), which has begun to gain ground in Asia this year.
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Hang Seng Indexes Co is planning to double the stocks in its flagship index, a move that will better represent the increasing number of Chinese companies on the bourse.
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BlackRock and Amundi, the largest asset managers in the US and Europe, have both published policies on how they intend to engage with companies about climate change. After widespread criticism, BlackRock has moved a long way towards a more proactive stance, but it is not clear yet that either firm is prepared to get really tough with high carbon emitters — especially in their passive portfolios.
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UniCredit’s global head of equity capital markets and equity syndicate has left the bank after allegations of having done inappropriate side work for Markus Braun, former CEO of the collapsed Germany payments company Wirecard.
