Hong Kong Q3 share sales hit record $47.5 billion on AI deal boom

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Hong Kong share sales raised a record $47.5 billion in the third quarter as Chinese technology companies tapped investors for capital to fund artificial intelligence expansion, Bloomberg reported. Initial public offerings, placements and block trades during the July-to-September period produced the largest fundraising haul ever for those months, pushing the city's total for 2026 above $92 billion and putting Hong Kong within reach of the $112.5 billion annual record set in 2021. Alibaba Group's $10.2 billion follow-on offering was the quarter's largest transaction, while Zhongji Innolight raised almost $8 billion in Hong Kong's biggest listing in nearly seven years. AI model developer Z.AI has raised $9.6 billion this year through its IPO, placements and convertible bonds, and MiniMax, Shanghai Iluvatar CoreX Semiconductor and Shanghai Biren Technology also returned to investors shortly after their IPO lockups expired. The boom spread across Asia-Pacific, where third-quarter share sales exceeded $120 billion, the highest for the period in six years, with India raising a record $26 billion since July on domestic liquidity. Investor appetite is becoming more selective as markets weaken: the MSCI Asia-Pacific Index fell as much as 7% in July amid questions about returns from heavy AI spending, and only two of Hong Kong's 10 largest deals since July are currently trading above their offer prices.

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Artificial Intelligence▲ · 4 stocks
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd
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Alibaba's $10.2 billion follow-on offering was the quarter's largest Hong Kong share sale, funding its AI expansion.

MiniMax Group Inc
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MiniMax returned to investors for fresh capital shortly after its IPO lockup expired.

Shanghai Biren Tech Co Ltd
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▲ PositiveCapitalrelevance

Shanghai Biren Technology returned to investors for capital shortly after its IPO lockup expired.

Others▲ · 1 stocks
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