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- South China Morning Post
HKEX to connect Asian start-ups with worldwide investors as exchange marks silver jubilee
Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEX) will broaden its role to connect companies across Asia with global capital through secondary listings in the city, the bourse operator's chairman said.
HKEX is already linked with 20 of the world's stock exchanges through mutual recognition agreements, a technical accreditation that lets companies listed in Thailand, Indonesia, Singapore, Saudi Arabia and Abu Dhabi sell additional shares in Hong Kong.
'There is certainly interest among Asian companies to tap [global and mainland Chinese] funds in Hong Kong, indicating that Hong Kong can be a major regional connector [besides] its core position connecting China with the world,' Carlson Tong Ka-shing said in an interview this week after attending the World Federation of Exchanges board meeting in Singapore.
Two Singapore-based companies listed in Hong Kong this year, while a Thai coconut-water producer based in the Lion City is also in the queue to raise funds in Hong Kong.
Carlson Tong Ka-shing, chairman of the Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX), during an interview on June 11, 2025. Photo: Edmond So.
