Bloomberg: Banker Shortage Pressures Hong Kong Firms Handling IPO Boom
February 12, 2026
The Securities and Futures Commission recently sounded the alarm to 13 investment banks, highlighting Hong Kong’s banker shortage and the insufficient capacity among principal bankers to supervise a booming pipeline of IPO deals. O’Melveny partner Ke Geng said that he expects the number of listing applications to drop in the coming months as IPO arrangers sort their staffing issues. “They have to decide whether to drop some of the deals or delay some,” he said.
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