Melco PBL Entertainment was listed on the NASDAQ Global Select Market in 2006."Melco gets clearance for Nasdaq listing", Financial Times, Tom Mitchell, October 26, 2006"Melco Crown proposes Hong Kong delisting", GGR Asia, January 2, 2015 With Melco International retaining a third of the shares, the initial public offering raised US$1.14 billion and ranked as the year's fourth-largest IPO in the United States. Several months later, its Altira Macau resort opened in 2007. In 2008, Melco PBL Entertainment changed its name to Melco Crown Entertainment Limited, or MCE. Melco International was a founding signatory of the Hong Kong Corporate Governance Charter. Melco International became a member of the Hang Seng Corporate Sustainability Index in 2013. Between April 2013 and April 2014, Melco International's stock rose by half in value in Hong Kong.
