This, however, paled in comparison to the full-year count of 152 IPOs for the whole of 2018, which raised US$9.5 billion and US$46.1 billion in market capitalisation.
SINGAPORE (Nov 26): Capital markets across Southeast Asia remained buoyant in 2019, despite ongoing global geopolitical tensions and macroeconomic events such as the US-China trade conflict and potential outcomes of Brexit.
According to data from Deloitte Singapore, Southeast Asia bourses so far this year to mid-November have raised some US$6.8 billion ($9.3 billion) through 138 initial public offerings (IPOs). The region also generated some US$21.6 billion in market capitalisation.

