Shein files for Hong Kong IPO to save London listing, FT reports
The company privately filed a draft prospectus last week with Hong Kong's exchange and sought a regulatory nod from the China Securities Regulatory Commission, the report said, citing people familiar with the matter.
Reuters could not immediately verify the report. Shein did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment.
Both the UK Financial Conduct Authority and the Hong Kong Stock Exchange declined to comment on the matter.
Shein filed for a Hong Kong listing partly to pressure the UK regulator into easing its risk disclosure rules and to keep alive what could be London's biggest IPO in years, the FT report added.
Reuters first reported in June that Shein was planning to file a draft prospectus confidentially for its Hong Kong listing, citing three sources with knowledge of the matter.
Reuters also reported in May, citing sources, that Shein was working towards a listing in Hong Kong after its proposed London IPO failed to secure the green light from Chinese regulators.
If UK's Financial Conduct Authority is willing to accept a China Securities Regulatory Commission-approved prospectus, London would still be Shein's preferred exchange, the FT report said.
(Reporting by Surbhi Misra in Bengaluru; Editing by Mrigank Dhaniwala and Nivedita Bhattacharjee)
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