Chinese tech IPOs fuel Hong Kong stock exchange’s best first half ever
The initial public offerings of mainland Chinese technology firms propelled Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing to its strongest-ever first half in terms of IPO proceeds, according tonew data from KPMG.The blockbuster listings of five Chinese tech companies contributed two-thirds of the Hong Kong stock exchange’s IPO proceeds of $26 billion, a record high for the first six months of 2021 that represents a 54% increase from the same period last year.TikTok rival Kuaishou Technology, a short-video p