July 8 (Reuters) - China-founded fast-fashion retailer

Shein has filed for an initial public offering in Hong Kong to

speed up the prolonged listing process and push the UK regulator

to approve a London listing, the Financial Times reported on

Tuesday.

Reuters could not immediately verify the report.

Reuters reported in June that Shein was planning to file a

draft prospectus confidentially for its Hong Kong listing,

marking a rare departure from the usual practice of companies

making public filings of IPO documents, citing three sources

with knowledge of the matter said.

(Reporting by Surbhi Misra in Bengaluru; Editing by Mrigank

Dhaniwala)