think it is a good move.
francine: xiaomi has raised a
$4.7 billion in the hong kong
ipo.
the beijing-based smartphone
maker priced shares at 17 hong
kong dollars each, the lower end
of the market range.
separate sources say george
soros and a chinese company are
among investors that placed the
orders.
how does this match expectations
we had?
>> sourced said they were
targeting a valuation of $100
billion and ended up getting
about half of that valuation,
$54 billion, the reasons
complex.
the markets are certainly rocky,
the trade tensions have been
challenging.
they wanted to raise some money
out of the mainland domestic
market through the china
depository receipts which did
not work out partly because
regulations are complicated.
no caps on has done that
successfully and they were not
able to pursue that at the same
time they did the hong kong ipo.
the fundamental reason is they
never really persuaded investors