China regulator approves Ant Group's HK IPO: IFR

Reuters

Published Oct 18, 2020 09:03PM ET

Updated Oct 18, 2020 09:35PM ET

(Reuters) - China's securities regulator has approved financial tech firm Ant Group's Hong Kong leg of a planned dual-listing worth about $35 billion, IFR reported on Monday citing unnamed people familiar with the matter.

Ant, backed by e-commerce giant Alibaba Group (HK:9988), (N:BABA) plans to seek listing approval from Hong Kong's stock exchange on Monday and the China Securities Regulatory Commission will approve Ant's Shanghai leg of the listing plan, IFR reported.