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China stocks fall on economy, share supply worries; HK also down
The cabinet could do so and implement a new IPO mechanism as early as on March 1 next year, Xinhua reported. Japan’s Nikkei 225 closed up 0.58%, China’s Shanghai Composite ended up 0.86% and Hong Kong’s Hang Seng rose 0.37%.
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The reform does not mean the regulator will simply delegate the power, but a fundamental switch of the regulatory method, China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC), the top securities regulator, said late Sunday in a statement.
While global capital raised via initial public offerings (IPOs) in 2015 was down 25% compared to 2014, Asia-Pacific still remained the bright spot in a global economy that had its fair share of volatile periods ranging from the Eurozone’s Greek crisis to China’s black Monday.
The registration-based IPO system will emphasize information disclosure rather than corporate prospects and profitability.
Three mainland mutual funds, including GF Industry Leaders Mixed Assets Fund and ChinaAMC Return Securities Investment Fund, were launched yesterday.
The shift to a more relaxed IPO system has been a key focus for the CSRC this year, but the dramatic stock market crash that began in mid-June put the process on hold as the securities regulator suspended new listings to stabilise the market.
Ho said that the restrictions on new share issuance will be lifted step by step in order to avoid a huge supply of new stocks, adding that companies from the industrial, technology, media and telecommunication sectors will continue to dominate IPO activities in the coming year.
The blue-chip CSI300 index tanked 2.9 percent to 3727.63 while the Shanghai Composite Index lost 2.6 percent to 3533.78 points.
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The ChiNext Index, which tracks China’s NASDAQ-style board of growth enterprises, lost 2.12 percent to close at 2,735.49 points. But initially, it will still control the pace and pricing of IPOs to maintain market stability.