Much has been said (and written about) the extraordinary events of last week involving the unveiling of China’s stimulus measures, aimed primarily at protecting the central governments 5% growth edict.

General stock market health, here and abroad, and improving investor confidence will prove to be the transmission mechanism for healthy IPO outcomes in 2025.

This week I attended a timely symposium, ‘Awakening The Dragon’, hosted by the Shenzhen Stock Exchange in collaboration with CITIC CLSA and the Bank of China Syd Branch. There were several notable takeaways: