So Jack Ma is leaning towards floating Alibaba Group in Hong Kong. That would be great news for the local market. What little is available on the company’s numbers let alone Mr Ma’s recent rockstar-like retirement to the chairmanship, make Alibaba a market leader. But what would show real leadership for Hong Kong and the Chinese entrepreneurs who will follow would be if the deal were clean – that is, without cornerstone investors.
目前看來,馬雲(Jack Ma)傾向於選擇香港作爲阿里巴巴集團(Alibaba Group)的上市地點,這對香港市場是大好的訊息。且不論馬雲近期退居集團董事長的退休儀式宛如搖滾明星般引人注目,阿里巴巴集團對外公開的少量財務數據,已經奠定了該公司的市場領導者地位。中國內地和香港的一些企業家無疑願意追捧阿里巴巴,但真正能夠體現這種感召力的關鍵在於,該集團計劃舉行的首次公開發行交易能否僅僅依靠市場力量,而不必引入基石投資者。