Two sides of a stock market boom
April is barely 20 days old and the capital generated through share placements and sell-downs by PE investors is already at its third-highest quarterly level in two years. That’s what happens when public markets go into overdrive.
In Hong Kong the Hang Seng Index has risen 11.2% since the start of the month on the back of a flood of Chinese capital entering the market. The gain stands at 18.5% since the start of 2015. This is...
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