Be my POWL

In a bid to secure higher IPO pricing, Asian companies may increasingly start looking at Japanese POWL''s (public offers without listing).
July 29, 2002

One of the key reasons ascribed to Bank of China's successful IPO was the decision to place a percentage of the international equity offering with Japanese retail investors through a POWL (public offer without listing). By widening its potential investor base, Bank of China was able to play off different investor bases to build momentum and leverage up the pricing it could achieve.

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