New debt and equity offerings often draw a crowd.
But when investors last month placed more than $1tn worth of orders for a convertible bond issued by Shanghai Pudong Development Bank, about 140 times the $7bn raised, it was enough to shock even the most seasoned China investor.
That $1tn is almost as large as the entire stock-market capitalisation of Apple or Microsoft — two of the biggest companies in the world. “It was a ridiculous amount,” said Gerry Alfonso, head of research at Shenwan Hongyuan Securities in Shanghai.
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