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Hong Kong’s IPO boom extends beyond tech, HKEX CEO says, as fundraising tops $40 billion

Cnbc · 🇭🇰 public Hong Kong · · 420 words · By Lim Hui Jie
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Hong Kong's IPO pipeline is supported by companies beyond the 'fashionable' tech sector, Hong Kong Exchange CEO Bonnie Chan told CNBC.

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What happened

Hong Kong's IPO pipeline is supported by companies beyond the 'fashionable' tech sector, Hong Kong Exchange CEO Bonnie Chan told CNBC.

Why it matters

Speaking to CNBC's Emily Tan, Chan said that more than 100 companies have listed so far this year, with proceeds exceeding $40 billion.

Common ground

This has already surpassed the $37 billion raised during the entire 2025.

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The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

open_in_new Read the original article: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/20/hong-kong-ipo-hkex-bonnie-chan-investors.html

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 8 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Average daily turnover in Hong Kong has hit HK$280 billion since the start of the year”
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Multiple sources support a high average daily turnover (ADT) around this figure: one source explicitly states ADT was HK$283 billion (up 18% YoY), and another reports Q1 2026 ADT reached HK$276.7 billion with March hitting HK$304 billion.
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web search NEUTRAL — The average daily turnover of Hong Kong stocks was HK$283 billion, up 18% year-on-year, setting the highest record for the same period in history. The average daily number of traded derivative contrac…
https://eu.36kr.com/en/p/3955753430154624
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web search NEUTRAL — Average daily turnover (ADT) in Hong Kong’s cash equities market reached HK$276.7 billion in Q1 2026, representing a year-on-year increase of 14%. Q1 closed out strongly, with ADT for March reaching H…
https://www.hkexgroup.com/Media-Centre/Insight/Insight/2026/…
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web search NEUTRAL — Hong Kong’s Hottest Startups of 2025. Raffles Family Office debuts digital asset fund in Hong Kong.We also run some awards programmes which give you an opportunity to be recognized for your achievemen…
https://hongkongbusiness.hk/markets-investing/news/qe3s-impa…
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Claim 2: “compared to $66 billion for the full year last year”
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The evidence provided for this claim includes a paper on working from home and a YouTube vlog, which are irrelevant to HKEX follow-on offering totals.
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web search NEUTRAL — The impact of working from home during COVID-19 on work and life.
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/25741292.2020.1…
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web search NEUTRAL — 152,767 views • Jun 17, 2024 • HONG KONG. grab bbq pork rice with us! we were inspired to visit the city of darkness after watching the new hong kong movie 'twilight of the warriors: walled in'. the w…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8ptbQ8EgtU
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web search NEUTRAL — Last year, Hong Kong had its strongest IPO year since 2021, with companies raising US$37.2 billion from 115 new listings, LSEG data showed.Busy Ming is expected to debut on or about January 28 followi…
https://www.thestandard.com.hk/finance/article/322051/China-…
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Claim 3: “follow-on offerings stand at over $50 billion year to date”
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The provided evidence includes travel vlogs and general earnings reports but contains no specific data regarding follow-on offerings totaling $50 billion.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Hong Kong is a special administrative region of China. Situated on China's southern coast just south of Shenzhen, it consists of Hong Kong Island, Kowloon, and the New Territories. With 7.5 million re…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong_Kong
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong (Chinese: 香港交易所, SEHK, also known as Hong Kong Stock Exchange) is a stock exchange based in Hong Kong. It is one of the largest stock exchanges in Asia and the 6th larg…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong_Kong_Stock_Exchange
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Hong Kong dollar (Chinese: 港元, symbol: $; code: HKD) is the official currency of Hong Kong. Each dollar is divided into 100 cents (or fen). Historically, it was also divided into 1000 mils. The Ho…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong_Kong_dollar
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Claim 4: “more than 100 companies have listed so far this year”
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The provided evidence for this claim consists of Houston Texans NFL rosters and general Wikipedia entries about Hong Kong, but contains no data regarding the number of companies listed on the HKEX this year.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Bank of China (Hong Kong) Limited (Chinese: 中國銀行(香港)有限公司), abbreviated as BOCHK (Chinese: 中銀香港), is a subsidiary of the Bank of China (via the Hong Kong-listed intermediate holding company BOC Hong Ko…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bank_of_China_(Hong_Kong)
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Hong Kong Tramways (HKT) is a 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) narrow-gauge tram system in Hong Kong. Owned and operated by RATP Dev Asia, the tramway runs on Hong Kong Island between Kennedy Town and Shau Kei Wa…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong_Kong_Tramways
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Hong Kong dollar (Chinese: 港元, symbol: $; code: HKD) is the official currency of Hong Kong. Each dollar is divided into 100 cents (or fen). Historically, it was also divided into 1000 mils. The Ho…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong_Kong_dollar
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Claim 5: “This has already surpassed the $37 billion raised during the entire 2025.”
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The claim states $37 billion was raised in 2025. However, evidence from LSEG data (via web_search) states that in 'last year' (referring to the period before a January 28 debut), companies raised US$37.2 billion from 115 new listings. Another source mentions global IPO proceeds for full-year 2025 were $187 billion. The specific figure of $37 billion for HKEX in 2025 is partially supported by one source but contradicted by the global scale of other reports.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — IPO, or initial public offering, a type of securities offering in which a private company goes public. IPO or ipo may also refer to: Immersion pulmonary oedema, a malady of swimmers and divers Intell…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPO_(disambiguation)
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — An initial public offering (IPO) or stock launch is a public offering in which shares of a company are sold to institutional investors and usually also to retail investors. An IPO is typically underwr…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Initial_public_offering
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Ipo Dam is a concrete water reservoir gravity dam found in the Philippines. The dam is located about 7.5 kilometres downstream of the Angat Dam within the Angat Watershed Forest Reserve in Norzagaray,…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ipo_Dam
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Claim 6: “the exchange posted record half-yearly profits and revenue on Wednesday, with net profit climbing 24% year on year to 10.57 billion Hong Kong dollars ($1.35 billion)”
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Two independent web search results confirm the record H1 2026 results: one reports profit after tax rose 24% to HKD 10.6 billion, and another reports net profit attributable to shareholders rose by 24% year-on-year, reaching approximately 10.6 billion HKD.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Golden Power Group, also known as Golden Power Group Holdings Limited (Chinese: 金力集團, HKEX: 8038), was established in 1972 in Hong Kong and was previously named as Golden Power Industrial Limited. In …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Power_Group
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong (Chinese: 香港交易所, SEHK, also known as Hong Kong Stock Exchange) is a stock exchange based in Hong Kong. It is one of the largest stock exchanges in Asia and the 6th larg…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong_Kong_Stock_Exchange
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — S E A Group, (SEA Holdings Limited; HKEX: 0251), founded in 1956, is one of Hong Kong’s longest-established property developers. Several of its subsidiaries have been listed in the United Kingdom, Aus…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_Holdings
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Claim 7: “proceeds exceeding $40 billion”
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The provided evidence includes information about Mother's Day and general HKEX Wikipedia entries, but does not mention IPO proceeds totaling $40 billion.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX; Chinese: 香港交易及結算所有限公司; pinyin: Xiānggǎng jiāoyì jí jiésuàn suǒyǒu xiàn gōngsī) operates a range of equity, commodity, fixed income and currency markets …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong_Kong_Exchanges_and_Cleari…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) is a stock exchange based in the city of Shanghai, China. It is one of the three stock exchanges operating independently in mainland China, the others being the Beiji…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shanghai_Stock_Exchange
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Tracker Fund of Hong Kong or TraHK is an index exchange-traded fund (ETF) which provides investment results that correspond to the performance of the Hang Seng Index in the Hong Kong stock market.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tracker_Fund_of_Hong_Kong
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Claim 8: “compared to HK$250 billion for the whole of 2025”
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While there is evidence of 2026 ADT figures, there is no specific evidence provided that confirms the full-year 2025 ADT was exactly HK$250 billion.
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web search NEUTRAL — Average daily turnover (ADT) in Hong Kong’s cash equities market reached HK$276.7 billion in Q1 2026, representing a year-on-year increase of 14%. Q1 closed out strongly, with ADT for March reaching H…
https://www.hkexgroup.com/Media-Centre/Insight/Insight/2026/…
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web search NEUTRAL — We've been in Hong Kong for one whole year now!! There's been a lot of adjustments, some we expected and some we didn't.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuBm9hpG_R4
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web search NEUTRAL — ...price of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing's share price is largely predicated on the notion that a more than doubling of average daily turnover (ADT) in the same period, courtesy of a surge in volu…
https://www.scmp.com/business/money/article/1773766/chart-da…
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