Pan Ocean Advisory Group https://www.panoceanadvisory.com/ Notes and guides on Asian capital markets: listings, capital raising and market entry for mid-market companies. en Tue, 15 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT Is an Asian listing or raise right for a mid-market companyhttps://www.panoceanadvisory.com/education/is-asia-right-for-you.htmlhttps://www.panoceanadvisory.com/education/is-asia-right-for-you.htmlTue, 15 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMTA decision framework for mid-market North American and Australian companies weighing whether a Hong Kong listing or capital raise fits their funding, investor access and growth goals. What Asian investors look for in a North American or Australian companyhttps://www.panoceanadvisory.com/education/what-asian-investors-look-for.htmlhttps://www.panoceanadvisory.com/education/what-asian-investors-look-for.htmlTue, 15 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMTWhat Hong Kong's exchange screens for and what Asian IPO investors prioritized in 2025: business sustainability, governance, a credible profit path and sector fit. HKEX, ASX, TSX and NASDAQ compared: requirements, costs and timelineshttps://www.panoceanadvisory.com/education/hkex-asx-tsx-nasdaq-compared.htmlhttps://www.panoceanadvisory.com/education/hkex-asx-tsx-nasdaq-compared.htmlTue, 15 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMTA side-by-side look at the financial eligibility tests, minimum market capitalisation and listing and annual fees HKEX, ASX, TSX and Nasdaq publish for new equity listings. Dual and secondary listings: how they workhttps://www.panoceanadvisory.com/education/dual-and-secondary-listings.htmlhttps://www.panoceanadvisory.com/education/dual-and-secondary-listings.htmlTue, 15 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMTHow HKEX's Chapter 19C secondary listing regime, ASX's foreign exempt listing category and TSX and Nasdaq's interlisted issuer rules let an already listed company add a second market. Hong Kong's specialist technology chapter (18C)https://www.panoceanadvisory.com/education/hong-kong-chapter-18c.htmlhttps://www.panoceanadvisory.com/education/hong-kong-chapter-18c.htmlTue, 15 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMTHow HKEX Chapter 18C lets pre-profit, R&D-intensive Specialist Technology Companies list on market capitalisation, including the thresholds temporarily cut from September 2024. Listing readiness: financials, governance, structurehttps://www.panoceanadvisory.com/education/listing-readiness.htmlhttps://www.panoceanadvisory.com/education/listing-readiness.htmlTue, 15 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMTHKEX's Main Board financial tests, board independence rules, the Corporate Governance Code, and accepted accounting standards, in the exchange's own rule text. The Hong Kong IPO timeline, stage by stagehttps://www.panoceanadvisory.com/education/hong-kong-ipo-timeline.htmlhttps://www.panoceanadvisory.com/education/hong-kong-ipo-timeline.htmlTue, 15 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMTThe Hong Kong IPO process from A1 filing through vetting, hearing, bookbuilding, pricing and listing, drawn from HKEX rules, guidance and the SFC joint statement on vetting timelines. Hong Kong IPO demand and pricing: what the market data showshttps://www.panoceanadvisory.com/education/how-asian-markets-value-a-foreign-issuer.htmlhttps://www.panoceanadvisory.com/education/how-asian-markets-value-a-foreign-issuer.htmlTue, 15 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMTWhat Hong Kong's own IPO market data shows about deal sizes, sector mix and capital raised, since public sources on cross-border valuation comparisons are thin. The roadshow: what happens and who you meethttps://www.panoceanadvisory.com/education/the-roadshow.htmlhttps://www.panoceanadvisory.com/education/the-roadshow.htmlTue, 15 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMTHow a Hong Kong IPO is marketed and sold: the SFC's bookbuilding and placing rules, the mandatory bookbuilding tranche, and who may and may not receive placed shares. Sponsors, underwriters and advisers: who does whathttps://www.panoceanadvisory.com/education/sponsors-underwriters-advisers.htmlhttps://www.panoceanadvisory.com/education/sponsors-underwriters-advisers.htmlTue, 15 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMTWho the Listing Rules and SFC Code of Conduct make responsible for what in a Hong Kong IPO: the sponsor, the reporting accountants, and the underwriters and solicitors the listing document must name. Due diligence from the issuer's sidehttps://www.panoceanadvisory.com/education/diligence-from-the-issuer-side.htmlhttps://www.panoceanadvisory.com/education/diligence-from-the-issuer-side.htmlTue, 15 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMTWhat a Hong Kong listing applicant and its directors must give the sponsor, and by when: the access and cooperation duties in Chapter 3A and the inquiries set out in Practice Note 21. Being listed in Asia: continuing obligations and investor relationshttps://www.panoceanadvisory.com/education/after-listing-in-asia.htmlhttps://www.panoceanadvisory.com/education/after-listing-in-asia.htmlTue, 15 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMTWhat a Hong Kong listing requires after IPO: continuing disclosure, notifiable and connected transactions, governance and ESG reporting, and the statutory duty on inside information. The listing window in Hong Kong is open. The queue is long.https://www.panoceanadvisory.com/insights/hong-kong-listing-window-2026.htmlhttps://www.panoceanadvisory.com/insights/hong-kong-listing-window-2026.htmlTue, 01 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMTHong Kong raised HK$209.9 billion across 85 new listings in the first half of 2026, its strongest first half in five years. What that means for a mid-market company weighing an Asian listing. Canada is looking for its second markethttps://www.panoceanadvisory.com/insights/canada-second-market.htmlhttps://www.panoceanadvisory.com/insights/canada-second-market.htmlTue, 01 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMTThe US share of Canadian goods exports fell from 76 to 72 percent in a year, and Ottawa wants non-US exports doubled by 2035. Most of the diversification has not actually happened yet. That is the opportunity.