Chinese direct lender set to join NASDAQ post-merger

The all-equity acquisition of a Western Chinese non-bank lender by NASDAQ-listed DT Asia Investments will mean the lender, renamed China Direct Lending Corporation, will be listed in the US.

DT Asia Investments has bought Chinese SME lender Urumqi Feng Hui Direct Lending Co. and will rename it China Direct Lending Corporation. 

Special purpose acquisition company DT Asia raised $60 million from an initial public offering of DT Asia Investments on the NASDAQ in October 2014. The capital raise was explicitly intended to finance an acquisition and, as a result, China Direct Lending Corporation will trade publicly in the US and will be the first Western Chinese alternative lender listed there.

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