News that the Chinese securities regulator is set to lift a ten-month ban on IPOs has got western investment bankers sitting up straight and adjusting their ties. As Chinese secondary share sales account for over two-fifths of Asian (ex-Japan) equity capital markets volumes so far this year, and half of all bonds, being part of China’s securities market seems all the more desirable. Well, yes and no.
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