Alibaba’s Long-Awaited China Stock Link May Provide Timely Boost

(Bloomberg) — Chinese investors finally being able to buy shares of Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. may provide a much-needed boost for the e-commerce firm’s stock, with an inflow of up to about $20 billion into next year.

The company first hatched the plan for an upgrade to a primary listing in Hong Kong two years ago amid heightened tensions with the U.S. It may at last be realized by the end of the month, paving the way for it to join a program that connects the Shanghai and Shenzhen bourses to the Hong Kong exchange.