While he still eyes creating Nepal's first multinational group by listing Cinnovation overseas, he's focusing on domestic opportunities.

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Such moves open up plethora of options, such as the choice of venue for capital-raising, notably whetherat home or overseas, and where overseas, or the choice between separate listing of individual affiliates versus the corporation as a whole.

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While several of these banks are seeking a public listing, it will be hard to convince overseas investors, whether institutional or strategic, to buy more than minority stakes until the government injects more money and the banks improve their management.

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Graff is the latest overseas business looking to promote itself in Asia through a Hong Kong listing.

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In a front-page article published Dec. 14, the state-run China Securities Journal reported that the CSRC may try to avert an oversupply of shares by encouraging listing applicants to turn to the off-exchange equity market, bond market, or overseas bourses.

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