PRINTERS and document carriers might be the unsung heros of the finance industry but new entrants to the Hong Kong market, Bowne, are offering a glamorous new image and an electronic courier service plugging Hong Kong even further into the global capital market.
Linking Hong Kong to the coat tails of Wall Street investment banks, Bowne specialises in the preparation and delivery of documents related to the global securities markets.
With the flurry of Eurobond issues last year predicted as the precursor to new flotations and larger debt offerings in Asia, the firm believes the capacity to translate, process and rush documents anywhere and at any time will give it a large slice of Hong Kong's financial printing market.
With a global bond issue potentially requiring the consent of bankers, lawyers and company directors in different continents, the company handles the paper chain that trails behind the deal.
The company's nerve centre is in the US, where all documents for processing are electronically transferred around the world.
''Our aim is to become the leading financial printer for international transactions in the region,'' said Paul Dalton, a former Hong Kong policeman and now the firm's local managing director.
