Legend Holdings, the largest shareholder of personal-computer maker Lenovo Group, is joining the queue of Chinese financial companies with plans to tap Hong Kong capital markets by filing a listing application for a $3 billion IPO with the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
Beijing-based Legend, an investment group focused on IT, financial services and agriculture, is the latest mainland firm to apply for a Hong Kong IPO and joins several Chinese banks, brokerages and insurers that plan to raise an aggregate $18 billion through listings in the city.
Among the other companies with jumbo-sized IPO ambitions are HTSC, which plans to raise $3 billion in a...