Hong Kong stock regulator flags more companies for share concentration

Hong Kong’s securities regulator has put a spotlight on highly concentrated shareholding this year, a move interpreted by market analysts as a warning about sharp price swings on small-cap stocks. As of August, the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) had mentioned 13 cases of high shareholding concentration on the Hong Kong stock exchange, compared with 15 for the whole of last year. The figures marked a 30 per cent rise from 2024 and a twelvefold jump from 2023. For example, the controlling...