HK's next hot IPO banks on China funeral growth

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Well, one type of property asset classes, is cemetery. May be interesting to take a look at prospectus, once available...

HK's next hot IPO banks on China funeral growth

HONG KONG] When it comes to making a killing on the Hong Kong IPO market, buying into a cemetery custodian is not the first strategy which springs to mind.

But in China where tending to the dead can involve vast sums of money depending on the family's circumstances and appetite for pomp, one such share sale has piqued the interest of investors big and small.

According to a term sheet seen by Reuters, Fu Shou Yuan International Group Ltd is seeking to raise about US$200 million through a listing in Hong Kong as the Shanghai-based death care company builds more cemeteries in an economy with a rapidly greying population.

The initial public offering is a chance for investors to bet on a rise in the value of graves and in revenue from funerals and burials, in a country where average income per person in urban areas has soared in recent years.

Fu Shou Yuan estimates that 180 million of China's 1.4 billion people are over the age of 60, rising to 200 million in two years' time, said a person familiar with the IPO who declined to be identified because details are not yet public.- Reuters

Source: Business Times Breaking News
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Carlyle, Farallon bet on China funeral growth with HK IPO

HONG KONG – Carlyle Group, hedge fund firm Farallon Investors and China Cinda have agreed to buy US$45 million (S$56.3 million) worth of shares in Fu Shou Yuan International Group as China’s largest provider of death-care services seeks up to US$215 million in a Hong Kong IPO.

Carlyle, whose co-founder William Conway visited Fu Shou Yuan’s main cemetery in Shanghai with a group of eight executives in December 2010, agreed to buy US$25 million worth of shares, with San Francisco-based Farallon putting up another US$10 million, according to the IPO prospectus unveiled on Monday.

China Cinda Asset Management, the country’s largest bad debt manager, will invest a total of US$10 million through two separate subsidiaries. The group of so-called cornerstone investors receive a guaranteed allocation in exchange for agreeing to retain their stakes for a set period.
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http://www.todayonline.com/business/carl...wth-hk-ipo
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