The IPO of Industrial and Commercial Bank of China and the ‘Chinese Model’ of Privatizing Large Financial Institutions

European Journal of Finance, Forthcoming

44 Pages Posted: 27 Jan 2012

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Franklin Allen

Imperial College London

Jun "QJ" Qian

Fanhai International School of Finance, Fudan University

Mengxin Zhao

Independent; Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

Chenyu Shan

Shanghai University of Finance and Economics

Date Written: January 24, 2012

Abstract

We examine the privatization process of the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), the largest bank in the world by market capitalization, and its dual IPOs in the Hong Kong and Shanghai Stock exchanges in 2006. The Chinese government retains majority equity ownership of ICBC while foreign institutional investors hold minority equity stakes. Other large financial institutions went through the same reform process and have similar, post-IPO ownership structures. The largest Chinese banks, as a group, outperformed their counterparts from other emerging and developed markets before and during the 2007-2009 financial crisis. We argue that the ‘Chinese model’ of privatizing and managing large financial institutions can be advantageously used in other countries.

Keywords: banks, IPO, privatization, non-performing loans, stock returns

JEL Classification: G2, G3, L1

Suggested Citation

Allen, Franklin and Qian, Jun and Zhao, Mengxin and Zhao, Mengxin and Shan, Chenyu, The IPO of Industrial and Commercial Bank of China and the ‘Chinese Model’ of Privatizing Large Financial Institutions (January 24, 2012). European Journal of Finance, Forthcoming, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1992624

Franklin Allen (Contact Author)

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Jun Qian

Fanhai International School of Finance, Fudan University ( email )

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Mengxin Zhao

Independent

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ( email )

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United States

Chenyu Shan

Shanghai University of Finance and Economics ( email )

100 Wudong Road
Shanghai
China

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