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Fresh setback for Asian IPOs

By Sundeep Tucker and Justine Lau

Published: November 19 2009 20:20 | Last updated: November 19 2009 20:20

A high-profile Chinese investment fund has cancelled a proposed $1bn investment in Hong Kong’s largest initial public offering of 2009 in a sign of waning institutional appetite for the glut of Asian listings.

The setback came as Ronald Arculli, chairman of Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing, told Bloomberg that “we’re seeing signs of potential asset bubbles” in Asia.

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