Cross-Border Listings and Market Access

Cross-border listing terms explain how investors access shares outside their home market and how local share classes, access channels, and regulatory limits change liquidity and ownership rights.

This section stays focused on market access and listing mechanics. Depositary receipt and foreign-share investment pages belong with Depositary Receipts and Cross-Border Shares, while execution and order-routing questions belong with Trading and Orders.

In this section

• A-Share: Non-Voting Ordinary Shares in a Company
  An A-Share is an ordinary share in a company that receives the same dividends as other ordinary shares but does not provide any voting rights to its holder.
• B Shares: Understanding the Distinctive Share Class with Limited Voting Power
  B Shares in the USA refer to a category of ordinary shares distinguished from A shares by their limited voting power. This article explores the historical context, types, key events, formulas, importance, applicability, examples, and more.
• H-share: Shares of Companies Incorporated in Mainland China and Listed in Hong Kong
  Comprehensive coverage of H-shares, their historical context, types, key events, mathematical models, and significance in financial markets.
• Participatory Notes (P-Notes): Definition, Mechanism, and Impact on Indian Securities
  Participatory Notes (P-Notes) are financial instruments used by investors or hedge funds not registered with the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) to invest in Indian securities. This article explores their definition, operational mechanism, impact on Indian markets, historical context, and regulatory considerations.
• Stock Connect Programs: Mechanisms for Cross-Border Trading
  Stock Connect Programs are mechanisms like the Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect that allow cross-border trading of stocks, bridging markets and offering new investment opportunities.
• Stock Connect: Bridging China's Mainland Markets with International Investors
  An in-depth exploration of Stock Connect, a program facilitating the linkage between China's mainland stock markets and international investors.