Turtle tempest: Can Playmates Toys fight back after losing its prize Ninjas?
The toymaker will end its exclusive 37-year agreement to make products based on Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles at the end of 2026 Key Takeaways: Playmates will soon lose its exclusive…
Regulatory caution dims Hong Kong SPAC outlook, while Chinese tastes drive out foreign brands
Hong Kong has completed just its third listing using a SPAC since the program's launch four years ago. Why has uptake been so anemic? And Hong Kong's popular Mannings health and beauty chain is pulling out of Mainland China after more than two decades in the market. Why is it calling it quits?
Weihai Bank gets government-led year-end capital gift, highlighting its troubles
The regional lender will sell new shares to a municipal investor in its hometown in Shandong province to shore up its capital cushion Key Takeaways: Weihai Bank will raise about…
Low margins, losses dog Ringpai as it eyes Hong Kong IPO
The company hopes to become Hong Kong’s first publicly listed pet hospital chain, hoping investors will overlook its weak performance metrics Key Takeaways: Ringpai has filed to list in Hong…
Spoiled ending for Hongjiu, as Hong Kong delists former fruit highflyer
With founder Deng Hongjiu in jail on suspicion of accounting fraud, the company’s worthless shares have been booted from the Hong Kong Stock Exchange Key Takeaways: Three years after its…
Planter giant CSW extends roots to Hong Kong
The world’s largest producer of decorative plastic planters has applied for an IPO, boasting a mostly U.S. clientele that includes retailing giants like Lowe’s, Walmart and Costco Key Takeaways: CSW…
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IPO 
Low margins, losses dog Ringpai as it eyes Hong Kong IPO
The company hopes to become Hong Kong’s first publicly listed pet hospital chain, hoping investors will overlook its weak performance metrics Key Takeaways: Ringpai has filed to list in Hong…
Move over, Hong Kong. Young Beijing Exchange becomes China’s new IPO hub
The bourse, launched in 2021 to help fund smaller tech startups, has hosted 38 IPOs this year, up more than 50% from 2024 Key Takeaways: Just four years after its…
Planter giant CSW extends roots to Hong Kong
The world’s largest producer of decorative plastic planters has applied for an IPO, boasting a mostly U.S. clientele that includes retailing giants like Lowe’s, Walmart and Costco Key Takeaways: CSW…
Soaped up by its U.S. success, COL Group sets sail for Hong Kong
The company says it plans to list in Hong Kong, basking in the limelight of strong demand from American viewers for its over-the-top Chinese-style soap operas Key Takeaways: COL Group,…
New Energy 
Zeekr drives off Wall Street, heralding chilly year ahead for U.S. Chinese listings
Trading of the EV maker’s shares was suspended on Dec. 22, after investors approved a plan by parent Geely to privatize the company less than two years after its IPO…
Aulton swaps out narrowing losses for falling revenue
The battery swapping specialist has applied for a Hong Kong IPO, with investors including Nio Capital, Japan's Toyota Tsusho and Shanghai Shine-Link International Logistics Key Takeaways: Aulton New Energy has…
A Chinese EV giant’s financing reckoning, and a stockbroker’s commodities pivot
China's central bank is shutting down an IOU system used by BYD to pay its suppliers. Why is it taking this step? And revenue for a stock broker called GoFintech has soared more than 40-fold after it entered the commodities trading business. How should investors look at such a move?
Consumer 
Regulatory caution dims Hong Kong SPAC outlook, while Chinese tastes drive out foreign brands
Hong Kong has completed just its third listing using a SPAC since the program's launch four years ago. Why has uptake been so anemic? And Hong Kong's popular Mannings health and beauty chain is pulling out of Mainland China after more than two decades in the market. Why is it calling it quits?
Turtle tempest: Can Playmates Toys fight back after losing its prize Ninjas?
The toymaker will end its exclusive 37-year agreement to make products based on Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles at the end of 2026 Key Takeaways: Playmates will soon lose its exclusive…
Spoiled ending for Hongjiu, as Hong Kong delists former fruit highflyer
With founder Deng Hongjiu in jail on suspicion of accounting fraud, the company’s worthless shares have been booted from the Hong Kong Stock Exchange Key Takeaways: Three years after its…
Low margins, losses dog Ringpai as it eyes Hong Kong IPO
The company hopes to become Hong Kong’s first publicly listed pet hospital chain, hoping investors will overlook its weak performance metrics Key Takeaways: Ringpai has filed to list in Hong…
Planter giant CSW extends roots to Hong Kong
The world’s largest producer of decorative plastic planters has applied for an IPO, boasting a mostly U.S. clientele that includes retailing giants like Lowe’s, Walmart and Costco Key Takeaways: CSW…
Healthcare/biotech 
Low margins, losses dog Ringpai as it eyes Hong Kong IPO
The company hopes to become Hong Kong’s first publicly listed pet hospital chain, hoping investors will overlook its weak performance metrics Key Takeaways: Ringpai has filed to list in Hong…
Geneplus locks onto targeted medicine for IPO pitch
After a post-Covid earnings dip, the company is seeking a stable future as a provider of data and diagnostics for precision medicine and disease prevention Key Takeaways: The company’s…
Lagging in the weight-loss market? Take Fosun’s GLP-1 pill
Playing catch-up in the anti-obesity business, Pfizer has bought global rights to an oral weight-loss drug from Fosun Pharma in another big licensing deal Key Takeaways: With the drug still…
Sainte Nutritional ladles up sinking business in renewed IPO application
The special-purpose formula maker’s net profit rose in the first half of this year, but the gains were due to factors unrelated to its core business Key Takeaways: Sainte Nutritional…
Finance 
Weihai Bank gets government-led year-end capital gift, highlighting its troubles
The regional lender will sell new shares to a municipal investor in its hometown in Shandong province to shore up its capital cushion Key Takeaways: Weihai Bank will raise about…
Move over, Hong Kong. Young Beijing Exchange becomes China’s new IPO hub
The bourse, launched in 2021 to help fund smaller tech startups, has hosted 38 IPOs this year, up more than 50% from 2024 Key Takeaways: Just four years after its…
Transforming Qian Xun adds polish to new business with crypto cachet
The advertising services company is allowing users to settle payments for its newer business in used gadget trading using stablecoins Key Takeaways: Qian Xun has unveiled PayKet, allowing users to…
Tian Tu’s Yoplait China sale leaves sweet, but also sour, taste
The venture capital company has set a new date of Dec. 31 to finalize the sale of its 45% of Yoplait China to a group affiliated with IDG Capital for…
Ecommerce 
Atour celebrates ‘Year of the Pillow’ with fluffy revenue growth
The hotel operator expects to report 35% revenue growth for all of 2025, up from a 25% forecast at the start of the year, thanks to strong performance for its…
Luckin Coffee eyes global leap as China’s Double 11 loses its luster
Luckin could be preparing a bid for Costa Coffee. What's driving this potential deal, and what are its chances for success? And this year's Double 11 festival looks like a dud, with most big e-commerce companies failing to publish any big numbers. What does the future hold for this fast-fading shopping fest?
Can So-Young find new youth in bricks and mortar?
The cosmetic surgery specialist’s top line is growing as it opens new ‘light medical aesthetic’ clinics, but its bottom line is sagging as its older platform business evaporates Key Takeaways:…
With so many new IPOs, Quantgroup looks better left for high-risk investors
The operator of the Yangxiaomie lifestyle platform has filed to list in Hong Kong – its seventh such attempt – hoping it can succeed in the current hot market Key…
AI/Infrastructure/Resources 
Hong Kong’s IPO rally under scrutiny, as ZTE hits new U.S. headwinds
Hong Kong's stock regulator has warned IPO underwriters over the declining qualiy of new listing applications. Is this a red flag for the city's booming IPO market, or just the usual regulatory caution? And the U.S. could fine telecoms equipment maker ZTE $1 billion for bribery in Brazil. Why does Washington think it can force ZTE to pay such a large amount?
CaoCao hits rocky post-IPO road amid lingering concerns
The ride-hailing platform’s shares plummeted last week, shaving more than $1 billion from its market value in just days and catching retail investors by surprise Key Takeaways: CaoCao shares lost…
51Job overpaid for its privatization, Cayman court says, ending dissenters’ challenge
A judge ruled last month that the management-led group’s privatization offer for the leading online job site was roughly double what the shares were worth Key Takeaways:. A Cayman Islands…
Hong Kong chip frenzy enters AI lane with Iluvatar IPO
The maker of general purpose GPUs used in AI computing has made its first public filing and passed its listing hearing for a Hong Kong IPO that could raise around…
