CGN Power, China’s top nuclear power producer, has opened the books on the largest Hong Kong listing of 2014, part of a rush of mainland companies looking to raise cash before the year end.
CGN is planning to sell shares worth up to $3.2bn, according to a termsheet seen by the Financial Times, which would make it the biggest initial public offering in the city since Everbright Bank raised a similar amount last December.
Hong Kong’s IPO market has been dogged by poorly performing deals this year. WH Group, which at one point was looking to raise more than $6bn, was forced to postpone its debut in April, even after cutting the size of the deal. The pork producer later revived a smaller, cheaper stake sale, only to see the share price slide still lower.