IPO

Which companies could IPO in London in 2025?

Shein, Canopius and Shawbrook among biggest firms eyeing floats this year

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Shein IPO fails to excite City investors: ‘UK risks being the market of last resort’

CCLA among big name groups that have raised concerns over plans by fashion retailer to list on the London Stock Exchange

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The City-based trade services provider is targeting a valuation of around $1.38bn

Barclays, Goldman Sachs, Jefferies to lead Marex’s New York IPO

Citi, UBS, Piper Sandler and HSBC also win mandates as bookrunners for the IPO

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The offices of CVC Capital Partners in London

CVC set to launch IPO, seeks valuation of up to $16bn, sources say

The buyout giant is making a second attempt to go public in less than six months

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Pisces was one of a host of initiatives to kickstart capital markets in Jeremy Hunt's Budget, but could end up falling flat

Private exchange won’t solve IPO drought, critics say

Questions remain about whether growth companies will make the leap to list, and whether the London Stock Exchange should hold all the power

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CVC Capital Partners has been hoping to list in Amsterdam

CVC mulls May date for IPO

Plans to list come after a blockbuster fundraising run for the European investment giant

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'I have never seen IPOs as low as I’ve seen this year'

Credit Suisse, Libor, and an IPO drought: Trading bosses look back on a chaotic year

Exchanges faced a host of challenges this year, with plenty more to come

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Marex chief executive Ian Lowitt has been diversifying the business from its brokerage roots

Marex to IPO in New York in fresh blow to City

The broker and clearer attempted to list in London in 2021 before cancelling its offer

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'There is no de-emphasis of the London Stock Exchange as part of our business'

London Stock Exchange boss won’t ignore capital markets as data push continues

David Schwimmer said the group remains committed to its exchange business despite losing key floats and growing faster in other services

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Arm’s strong debut shows bankers green shoots in IPO market

Arm deal is expected to lift tech IPOs, but not all future debuts will be as compelling

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Arm targets up to $52bn valuation as chip maker prices blockbuster IPO

Tech titan set to raise billions as Barclays, JPMorgan and Mizuho confirm lead underwriting spots

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Hedge fund tries to cash in on lame IPO market

Marshall Wace shorts London’s latest big IPO

On 6 July, CAB Payments made a debut on the London Stock Exchange with an initial market cap of £851m. It's already being shorted

London IPOs remain more than 90% below the bumper year of 2021

London IPO slump stretches into first half of 2023

Proceeds raised in London were flat while deals dropped by a third

Arriving at the FN Trading & Tech awards, Natan Tiefenbrun, the European president of Cboe, who told FN that an IPO on Cboe Europe is still a year away

Cboe’s Tiefenbrun: High-growth companies want access to global capital

A Cboe Europe listing would provide a ‘smooth path’ to raise capital in US said Tiefenbrun

City leaders want more domestic investment to make sure London remains a listings powerhouse

City leaders blast UK investors for neglecting local markets

Foreign pension funds are doing better from British business than UK ones, said Lord Hill

WANdisco founder David Richards, who stepped down as chief executive after accounting irregularities were revealed last month

FCA probes tech firm WANdisco over falsified accounts

Regulator probes firm that City feared would be another blow in its battle to secure IPOs

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The one bright spot for the European market was the IPO of Porsche AG in September

IPOs continue to slump as Q3 volumes fall sevenfold

Global listings are down 44% in volume and 57% in value compared to 2021

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Porsche shares soar in Germany’s largest IPO in decades

Porsche AG's shares were priced at €82.50 and opened at €84

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Pension costs and legal bills are just some sticking points in ongoing talks

EY partners get top-secret briefing on firm break-up at Hyde Park hotel

EY UK partners gathered last month at the five-star Royal Lancaster hotel for a sales pitch on the firm’s multi-billion dollar split

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