Sex and the Financial Times

The Bank of China seems to be one of the very few companies that can make the writer of the Financial Times‘ Lex column hot under the collar:

Initial public offerings do not come much sexier than this. Bank of China is tapping the markets for $10bn and, as a play on China’s stonking economic growth, will very likely end up with over $11bn – making it the world’s biggest listing in seven years. (Emphasis added)