A passer-by is silhouetted in front of a bank's electronic board showing the Hong Kong share index at Hong Kong Stock Exchange in Hong Kong Thursday, Aug. 27, 2015. [Photo: Imagine China]
New figures released by Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing suggest Hong Kong's IPO fundraising has been the highest in the world this year.
IPO fundraising this year has come in at around 246 billion HK dollars, which is close to 32-billion U.S. dollars.
Data from the World Federation of Exchanges also shows turnover of securitized derivatives in Hong Kong has been the biggest so far this year.
HKEx has been the global leader in securities derivatives turnover since 2007.
This year, the market capitalization of HKEx's securities market has exceeded 31 trillion HK dollars for the first time, reaching a high for the year at 31.6 trillion HK dollars on May 26th this year.
There are more than 18-hundred listed companies in Hong Kong, with around 16-hundred on the Main Board.