Why did Mail.ru, the Russian internet company, choose London for its $912m initial public offering on Friday whereas compatriot Rusal, the aluminium producer, decided to tap the Hong Kong IPO market to raise $2.2bn earlier this year? It can be tough for a company to decide which stock exchange is best for a new listing, but those in Asia, and specifically Hong Kong, are increasingly favoured. So far this year, the region has attracted about $43bn worth of initial public offerings, about one-quarter more than the US and UK combined, according to Dealogic data.
为何俄罗斯互联网公司Mail.ru上周五选择伦敦作为首次公开发行(IPO)地点，以筹资9.12亿美元，而俄罗斯铝业(Rusal)今年早些时候却决定前往香港进行IPO以筹资22亿美元呢？对一家公司而言，可能很难决定在哪家交易所上市最有利，但那些亚洲地区的交易所，特别是香港，正越来越受青睐。Dealogic的数据显示，今年迄今为止，该地区吸引了大约430亿美元的IPO，比美国和英国的总和高出四分之一左右。