ANALYSIS-Chinese 会社/堅いs' fundraisings in limbo as IPOs scrutinised at home and abroad

By Samuel Shen and Kane Wu

SHANGHAI/HONG KONG, March 28 (Reuters) - Chinese companies are 星/主役にするing at the prospects of a 干ばつ of new 公正,普通株主権 資本/首都 as tougher 国内の IPO 支配するs and challenges in 名簿(に載せる)/表(にあげる)ing overseas 厳しく 抑制(する) their fundraisings, putting at 危険 the floundering economy's 回復.

中国's 安全s 監視者 has はっきりと 強化するd scrutiny of IPOs this year, 主要な to companies scrapping 国内の 名簿(に載せる)/表(にあげる)ing 計画(する)s in droves, with some turning to 沖合いの/海外の markets such as Hong Kong and New York.

However, 詐欺師 scrutiny of IPO 希望に満ちたs in the U.S. まっただ中に geopolitical 緊張s and a 女性 Hong Kong market will stymie 沖合いの/海外の listings for many, 最高潮の場面d by Alibaba's move this week to 溝へはまらせる/不時着する the Hong Kong IPO 計画(する) of its 兵たん業務 部隊.

During January-March 2024, money raised 経由で 中国 IPOs 急落(する),激減(する)d 82% from a year ago to just $2.4 billion, the smallest 年4回の fundraising since the fourth 4半期/4分の1 of 2018, 予選 LSEG data showed.

The sudden 凍結する of an IPO market that was the world's biggest in 2023 and 2022 comes after the 安全s 監視者, under new chairman Wu Qing, 公約するd to step up scrutiny of 名簿(に載せる)/表(にあげる)ing 候補者s and 割れ目 負かす/撃墜する on any lapses.

The IPO 強化するing "would make it ますます difficult for small companies to raise 資本/首都" and for 私的な 公正,普通株主権 投資 to 出口, said Andrew Qian, CEO of Shanghai-based 投資 and (a)忠告の/(n)警報 会社/堅い New 接近 資本/首都.

"IPOs in 中国 will become 不十分な 資源s," said Qian, who is now helping some companies 名簿(に載せる)/表(にあげる) on Nasdaq instead.

For 投機・賭ける 資本主義者s, the difficulty to 出口 will, in turn, lead to difficulty in fundraising, and "it would be ますます challenging to 投資する in 早期に-行う/開催する/段階 , small, hi-tech companies", said Qian.

These are the 肉親,親類d of companies that are the 決定的な drivers of 経済成長 and 雇用 in 中国.

The sharp 急落(する),激減(する) in IPOs comes against the 背景 of a 株式市場 大勝する at the beginning of the year after 本土/大陸 株 lagged 全世界の 在庫/株s for three years, and デフレ at levels unseen since the 全世界の 財政上の 危機 of 2008-09.

Raising 負債 and 私的な 資本/首都 is 堅い too for small-sized companies, おもに 科学(工学)技術 startups, 予定 to their 早期に-行う/開催する/段階 商売/仕事 models and 女性 credit profile. This is likely to leave some with little choice other than to rein in growth 計画(する)s and 削減(する) costs.

"When the economy is slowing, you should make use of the 資本/首都 markets to help companies wade through difficulties as soon as possible," said Yang Chongyi, a 財政上の 助言者 who helps Chinese companies 名簿(に載せる)/表(にあげる) overseas.

So far this year, though, the Shanghai and Shenzhen 在庫/株 交流s have 受託するd 無 IPO 使用/適用s.

TIGHTER SCRUTINY

中国 this month 明かすd a 始める,決める of 支配するs to 強化する scrutiny over IPOs, public companies and underwriters. In 新規加入, it 抑制(する)d IPOs also to 減ずる 公正,普通株主権 供給(する) and 緩和する selling 圧力 in a wobbly 第2位 market.

With the tighter scrutiny and 縮むing liquidity 誘発する/引き起こすing 不確定 about 国内の listings, many companies are giving up hopes to 名簿(に載せる)/表(にあげる) - more than 80 IPO 候補者s in 中国 have 終結させるd their 計画(する)s to 名簿(に載せる)/表(にあげる) at home so far this year.

Companies and underwriters "dare not" 適用する now as "once you 手渡す in your 使用/適用, you become 攻撃を受けやすい to 罰 for 詐欺 or 怠慢,過失 as regulators start poring over the 構成要素s," said a 銀行業者 on 条件 of anonymity.

The 銀行業者 s 援助(する) he is advising some (弁護士の)依頼人s to go 沖合いの/海外の.

So far this year, 38 Chinese companies have 適用するd to 名簿(に載せる)/表(にあげる) overseas, (許可,名誉などを)与えるing data from the 中国 安全s Regulatory (売買)手数料,委託(する)/委員会/権限 (CSRC), which vets such 株 sales under a one-year-old とじ込み/提出するing system.

Five of them, 含むing Kepuni Holdings and Huajin (中国) Holdings Ltd, are 目的(とする)ing for a U.S. 名簿(に載せる)/表(にあげる)ing, while the 残り/休憩(する) are 注目する,もくろむing Hong Kong.

"There's more certainty in Hong Kong's 株式市場. Or put it another way, there' re very (疑いを)晴らす 支配するs in that market," said 強い味 Jinghua, chairman of Shanghai Voicecomm (警察などへの)密告,告訴(状) 科学(工学)技術 Co, which got CSRC's nod this month.

強い味 said the company will still 捜し出す a 本土/大陸 名簿(に載せる)/表(にあげる)ing in 未来.

Jiangsu Guofu Hydrogen Energy 器具/備品 Co, another Chinese company 捜し出すing a Hong Kong 名簿(に載せる)/表(にあげる)ing, said it scrapped a 計画(する) to 名簿(に載せる)/表(にあげる) in Shanghai "considering the 不確定 of the 全体にわたる vetting 過程" によれば an 交流 とじ込み/提出するing on March 20.

Sino-US 緊張s and 女性 Hong Kong markets are, however, not going to make 沖合いの/海外の 名簿(に載せる)/表(にあげる)ing easier - Alibaba dropped 計画(する)s to 名簿(に載せる)/表(にあげる) its Cainiao 部隊 in Hong Kong 特記する/引用するing dour "全体にわたる 環境 for doing 資本/首都 markets" 取引,協定s.

Chinese 会社/堅いs also need to go through a regulatory 是認 過程, kicked off last April, to 名簿(に載せる)/表(にあげる) 沖合いの/海外の.

"In the next few years, the chance of a 国内の IPO is わずかな/ほっそりした for Chinese startups," said a Shanghai-based (n)役員/(a)執行力のある at a Chinese 私的な 公正,普通株主権 会社/堅い, who 拒絶する/低下するd to be 指名するd as he was not authorised to speak to the マスコミ.

(電話線からの)盗聴 資本/首都 沖合いの/海外の is also difficult as "the Hong Kong market is 比較して small and illiquid, while 名簿(に載せる)/表(にあげる)ing in the U.S. won't become mainstream 予定 to geopolitical factors. The 近づいている U.S. 選挙 is another source of uncertain ty," the (n)役員/(a)執行力のある 追加するd.

(報告(する)/憶測ing by Samuel Shen in Shanghai; Kane Wu and Selena Li in Hong Kong; Editing by Sumeet Chatterjee and Muralikumar Anantharaman)

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