** Hutchinson IPO **

Hutchinson IPO: Grp has brought forward the closing date for the institutional tranche of its US$6.4b IPO to Thursday from Friday due to overwhelming support for the deal from the insti side, three people familiar with the transaction said Wed. ‘The support for the institutional offer has been very strong so the books will close one day early,’ one of the person said. However, there is no change to the closing date for the Singapore public offer Monday.