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Hong Kong Year Books 香港年報 All

Financial and Monetary Affairs | 67

Market Capitalisation of Stock Market

Chart 2

25,000

20,000-

HK$ Billion

20,698

15,000 -

10,000 -

5,000-

10,299

17,874

Hong Kong's stock exchange being ranked 7th in the world and 3rd in Asia in terms of market capitalisation which rose by 74 per cent to $17,874 billion in 2009.

Chart 3

400

HK$ Billion

0

2007

2008

2009

Year

300

292

200

100

Equity Funds Raised Through IPOs

66

0

2007

2008

2009

Year

Chart 4

Total Equity Funds Raised in HK

1,000

800

HK$ Billion

600

591

400

427

200

0

2007

2008

2009

Year

642

248

Chart 5 Number of Asset Management Companies in HK

Number of companies

1.000

800

764

600

716

615

400

200

0

2007

2008

2009

Year

Chart 6

1,500

HK$ Billion

1,000

Total Outstanding HKD Debt Securities

764

716

500

0

2007

2008

2009

Year

1,111

Being the stock market that raised $248 billion through IPOs in 2009, more than any bourse in the world.

Ranking 4th in the world and 2nd in Asia as a stock exchange in terms of total equity funds raised which amounted to $642 billion in 2009.

764 companies are licensed or registered to conduct asset management business in Hong Kong in 2009, an increase of 48 companies, or 7 per cent over 2008.

Having outstanding Hong Kong dollar debt securities, including exchange fund bills and notes, totalling $1,111 billion at year end, or 55 per cent up on the previous year's $716 billion.

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