An EY report: Hong Kong IPO fundraising in the first half of the year has exceeded HK$200 billion, ranking second globally.

EY released a report on the IPO markets in Mainland China and Hong Kong in the first half of 2026, pointing out the growing trend of global IPO activities and the increasing share of Mainland China and Hong Kong markets in the global IPO market. In the first half of the year, the number of IPOs in the A-share market and the Hong Kong market accounted for 33% of the global total, while the total fundraising amount accounted for 22% of the global total. The report shows that the number of IPOs in the Hong Kong and Mainland markets in the first half of 2026 accounted for 17% and 16% of the global total respectively, totaling 33% of the global total. The amount raised by IPOs in the Hong Kong market accounted for 14% of the global total fundraising amount, while A-share market IPOs accounted for 8%, totaling 22% of the global total fundraising amount. In terms of the number of new stocks, the Hong Kong Stock Exchange had 84 new IPOs in the first half of 2026. Among them, 24 were A-share companies listing in Hong Kong, a 100% increase compared to the previous year. In terms of fundraising amounts, it reached HK$209.8 billion, with HK$121.7 billion coming from A-share companies listing in Hong Kong, a 92% increase from the previous year. Impacted by massive IPOs like Space X, the fundraising amount of the US stock market explosively increased to $113.1 billion, while the fundraising amount of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange was $26.8 billion, ranking second globally, just behind the US. EY stated that the top ten IPOs in the first half of the year raised a total of HK$92.2 billion, accounting for 44% of the total fundraising amount in the first half of the year, mainly focusing on the industrial, technology, and consumer sectors. EY's spokesperson for capital markets in Hong Kong, Stanley Lai, stated that the fundraising in Hong Kong's IPO market in the first half of the year has exceeded HK$200 billion, maintaining the view that the total IPO fundraising for the year in Hong Kong will reach HK$320 billion. The "Technology Enterprise Track" further facilitates technology and biotechnology companies to apply for listing, shortening the preparation time, reducing compliance costs, and improving financing efficiency.