IPO

• 2011 China Internet Stock Carnage In Pictures
  Posted by bbishop on December 19th, 2011 at 1:52 am, Comments: 0

  To state the obvious, this bubble has burst. Previously I looked at the performance of the 2011 China Internet IPOs in The Fritz Demopoulos China Internet [...]

• Chinese Firms Dismayed By New SEC Rule Ending Confidential Foreign IPO Filings
  Posted by bbishop on December 13th, 2011 at 2:17 am, Comments: 0

  A new rule from the SEC could hurt Chinese companies considering US IPOs. Under the old rule a foreign company’s F-1 filing only become public [...]

• The Fritz Demopoulos China Internet Top And The 2011 IPO Horror Show
  Posted by bbishop on November 30th, 2011 at 3:10 am, Comments: 0

  Of the 8 China Internet IPOs in 2011 only one–Qihoo ($QIHU)–is above its IPO price. My understanding is that the remaining China Internet IPOs in [...]

• Techcrunch Panel on Chinese Groupon Clones
  Posted by bbishop on November 2nd, 2011 at 2:35 am, Comments: 0

  I moderated a panel Tuesday with Wang Xin, CEO of Meituan, and Aaron Du, CEO of 24Quan. You can read a writeup of the panel [...]

• Lashou IPO Filing And The VIE Issue
  Posted by bbishop on October 29th, 2011 at 8:06 am, Comments: 0

  If you are interested in the variable interest entity (VIE) issue, go read Paul Gillis’ new post on the Lashou ($LASO) IPO filing–New VIE IPOs [...]

• Chinese Groupon Clone Lashou Files For US IPO
  Posted by bbishop on October 28th, 2011 at 8:25 pm, Comments: 0

  Lashou wants to raise at least $100m and will trade under the ticker $LASO. From a very quick scan of the Lashou F-1: Our revenues [...]

• Did Groupon Value Its China JV Gaopeng at 500M Dollars in July?
  Posted by bbishop on October 23rd, 2011 at 11:54 pm, Comments: 0

  From page 128 of the latest Groupon S-1: E-Commerce King Limited Joint Venture (China). In January 2011, Groupon, B.V., a subsidiary of Groupon, acquired a [...]

• China VIEs. The End Of A Flawed Strategy. An Update/Rebuttal. : China Law Blog
  Posted by bbishop on October 12th, 2011 at 8:42 pm, Comments: 0

  China VIEs. The End Of A Flawed Strategy. An Update/Rebuttal. : China Law Blog If you are interested in this issue you have to read [...]

• NASDAQ’s CEO on Chinese Listings and the VIE Structure | iChinaStock
  Posted by bbishop on October 12th, 2011 at 5:57 am, Comments: 0

  NASDAQ’s CEO on Chinese Listings and the VIE Structure | iChinaStock. “iChinaStock secured an exclusive interview recently with Robert Greifeld, president and CEO of NASDAQ, to discuss [...]

• Sina Has Lost 78 Million On Its Mecox Lane And Tudou Investments
  Posted by bbishop on October 12th, 2011 at 5:53 am, Comments: 0

  Sina ($SINA) is proving again that most companies, even very good ones, make bad minority strategic investors. Sina purchased 1,075,000 shares at $29 as part [...]