Using data from independent research firm EDGAR, we only ranked IPOs with a total offer amount of half a billion dollars or more at the time of their pricing. reviewed the value of total shares at the initial public offering to identify the biggest IPOs of the 2018. By year’s end, the total value of domestic IPOs is projected to reach a high of $75 billion.Ģ4/7 Wall St. stock exchanges in the first three quarters of 2018 have brought a cumulative value of $45.7 billion to the trading floor – considerably more than the $31.2 billion in IPOs over the first three quarters of 2017. The 170-plus companies that have gone public in U.S. Facebook shares are currently trading over 300% higher than their first day of trading, while Visa shares are up over 750%. These companies have also rewarded investors.

More: Did your employer make the list of best US companies to work for? More: CEO compensation and worker pay: 50 companies that owe their employees a raise More: Fortune 500 companies list: 1 out of 3 are located in just six major cities Four years later, social media platform Facebook brought in $16.0 billion with its Wall Street debut. Credit card giant Visa raised $17.9 billion in capital with its 2008 IPO. Some of the most successful IPOs in history have taken place relatively recently. ( Straits Times)Ĭhina will launch mutual fund recognition with Hong Kong on July 1.Listing on a public stock exchange has proved to be a sound strategic move for countless companies over the years. ( South China Morning Post)Īsian Infrastructure Investment Bank to be up and running by year end. ( Bloomberg)ĭeutsche's Asia asset arm pitching for share of bank's €1.5bn investment. Meanwhile:īank of China Hong Kong may be set to expand its headcount in Southeast Asia. The firm has already been bolstering its senior ranks this year – it’s poached Patrick Ngan from UBS as head of ECM and Lu Ting from Bank of America Merrill Lynch as head of research. If the post-IPO growth of other Chinese banks – in particular Haitong and Citic – are anything to go by, Huatai’s listing should lead to business expansion and more hiring.

Boosted by Industrial Bank’s US$2.1bn follow-on in February, financial services was the leading sector for ECM volume in China last quarter, with deals worth US$9.9bn, up from US$2.9bn in 1Q 2014, according to Dealogic. As we reported earlier this month, global banks in Hong Kong are increasingly recruiting senior FIG bankers to help them handle share sales and mergers from expansionist Chinese financial institutions like Huatai. As a percentage of total IPOs, 20 were above average in the number of Up-Cs relative to total IPOs (10 percent and. In 20, postTax Reform, 12 and nine Up-C IPOs closed, respectively. Huatai’s IPO will add fuel to a financial institutions group (FIG) job market which is already starting to boom in Hong Kong. The annual average of Up-C IPOs from 20092017 (preTax Reform) was eight, with a peak of 16 Up-C IPOs in 20, respectively. This marks somewhat of a return to the turn-of-decade glory days for equity capital markets (ECM) bankers in Hong Kong, which was the leading market for IPOs globally between 20, according to the Wall Street Journal. The Huatai listing makes Hong Kong the top destination for IPOs globally so far this year – it was previously fourth, with listing volumes at US$7.2bn, behind New York at US$9bn, according to Dealogic. Huatai Securities’ US$4.5bn IPO in Hong Kong is the second largest in the world so far this year. But what does the listing mean for your career if you work in investment banking in Hong Kong? Here are three key takeaways: 1) Hong Kong is becoming increasingly attractive if you work in ECM

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