IPOs for Asian PE firms: Too hasty?
For several years now, rumors have ebbed and flowed about CDH Investments going public. Industry participants regard IPOs by private equity firms on Asian bourses as a virtual certainty, when the time is right. If any Chinese firm was going to make the jump, surely CDH – which can claim a pedigree, longevity and diversity unmatched by its domestic peers – would be the one.
Having spun-out from China International Capital Corporation (CICC) in 2002 when regulators banned brokerages from owning direct investment divisions, CDH carved out a niche for itself in the growth space....
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