German IPO market blow as TUI pulls float

TUI, Europe's largest travel group, has abandoned plans to float Hapag-Lloyd, its shipping subsidiary, making it the fifth German company to cancel an initial public offering this year.

German companies have abandoned €3.3bn worth of flotations this year, more than double the amount raised through successful IPOs in Frankfurt.

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