China Pacific Insurance Group Co CPIC yesterday started the marketing for its long-awaited H-share initial public offering with sources saying the deal could raise more than $3 billion.
The offering could well be the last multi-billion dollar IPO in Hong Kong this year, depending on whether Russian aluminium producer Rusal gets final approval from the stock exchange to go ahead with its $2.5 billion deal later this week. The third large issuer that was planning to come to market before year end -- Australian commodities play Resourcehouse -- has decided to postpone its offering until early next year since it still has some outstanding issues that it needs to clarify to the stock exchange. Resourcehouse,...