Lender ‘maniacally focused’ on rebuilding investment bank in one of its home markets
Private capital group’s president Jonathan Gray tells the FT: ‘The deal environment feels like it has hit escape velocity’
Investors suddenly love guns and ammo
Brazilian digital lender raised $434mn in Nasdaq flotation
Celestial calendar meets high finance, as billionaire’s personal impulses shape plans to raise $50bn in record listing
Proposals would cut amount of shares required to trade in public hands to 10% for non-UK incorporated companies
Investment bankers embrace ‘intense’ pitching as groups in defence, tech and wider economy prepare to go public
Performance of Czechoslovak Group underlines strong investor demand for defence companies
French group enjoys record year as more investors seek protection from hacking
Bank of America, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase and Morgan Stanley set to take lead on listing
Telecoms operator’s flotation could be biggest in country’s history
Offloading mobile operator would be CK Hutchison’s latest disposal of European telecoms interests
Investment aims to persuade tech business to list in London as it gears up for IPO
Listing in either New York or Amsterdam could take place towards the end of this year
Buyout of UK-listed group would be latest private equity deal for European public company
With an estimated value of about €30bn, Czechoslovak Group is set to become one of Europe’s most valuable defence companies
MiniMax joins wave of technology companies in China going public
With US megadeals in the pipeline, the fight for investor attention is going to get tougher
Miscalculation over bootmaker’s growth rate has cost investors dear
City looks to software group Visma to kick-start listings market after a ‘disappointing’ 2025
Three biggest US private tech groups plan listings as early as this year, raising hopes of windfall for banks, lawyers and investors
Companies in the region have raised $6.5bn this year so far, down from $9.9bn in 2024
Series of disappointing debuts in Hong Kong has come in the last quarter of a record year
Deal by former China unit of Sequoia Capital marks turnaround for luxury shoe company after it pulled IPO
US investor close to appointing advisers for booksellers’ IPO next year
