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• Emirates REIT re-opens Dubai's IPO market

  Emirates REIT is set to be the first Dubai-based company to IPO since 2008 and the emirate's first listed real estate investment trust to float when it completes an IPO of more than $135m next month.

  • 12:15 PM
  

• Alpha latest in Greek bank odyssey

  Greek Alpha Bank is set for a €1.2bn capital raise without pre-emptive rights, days after peer Piraeus announced its own deal.

  • 10:00 AM
  

• Seplat launches first London and Lagos IPO

  Nigerian oil and gas firm Seplat launched an IPO of more than $500m on Tuesday, the biggest exploration and production flotation since the financial crisis and the first firm with a dual listing in London and Lagos.

  • 01:45 PM
  

• ISS speeds up IPO bookbuild

  ISS, the Danish cleaning to security services firm, has brought forward the deadline for the close of its Dkr8.1bn ($1.5bn) IPO after investors flooded the books.

  • 03:45 PM
  

• Lombard Medical heads west to tap new investor pool

  UK specialist medical equipment manufacturer Lombard Medical Technologies is set to withdraw from its listing on London’s AIM to launch an $80m IPO in the US.

  • 03:30 PM
  

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Another week, another story of investors snapping up the shares of a digital retailer. Soon after retailers Boohoo.com and Appliances Online has come Israeli digital marketing firm Matomy. But while online shopping may be irresistible for investors, consumers may be moving on to the next stage of digital engagement —shopping through social media.  

 In the US, equity investors’ attention has been dominated by technology firms for more than a year. UK game creator King Digital Entertainment has been the latest technology firm to join the IPO fray, although this brutal takedown on the company’s strategy should remind market participants of the potential pitfalls of the skittish tech sector. Not that they may pay any heed of course. Facebook’s $19bn acquisition of WhatsApp has done nothing to calm the market’s excitement about the potential upside of the market, while speculation points to the next IPP coming from Dropbox, the cloud storage provider.

 And finally, we couldn’t help but draw attention to this story from Germany about Bayern Munich’s president admitting tax fraud. For any Arsenal fans out there it may make quite satisfying reading for your commute home. 

 

Latest Equity News

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  Vector Capital has sold a 7.7% stake in French media firm Technicolor in an ABB on Monday evening, raising €117m.

  • 04:30 PM

• ISS speeds up IPO bookbuild

  ISS, the Danish cleaning to security services firm, has brought forward the deadline for the close of its Dkr8.1bn ($1.5bn) IPO after investors flooded the books.

  • 03:45 PM

• Lombard Medical heads west to tap new investor pool

  UK specialist medical equipment manufacturer Lombard Medical Technologies is set to withdraw from its listing on London’s AIM to launch an $80m IPO in the US.

  • 03:30 PM

• African Barrick Gold plunges after parent's sale

  The parent company of African Barrick Gold sold a £112m stake in the British gold miner on Monday night, with the volatile stock plunging almost 15% after the deal was completed.

  • 03:15 PM

• Seplat launches first London and Lagos IPO

  Nigerian oil and gas firm Seplat launched an IPO of more than $500m on Tuesday, the biggest exploration and production flotation since the financial crisis and the first firm with a dual listing in London and Lagos.

  • 01:45 PM

• Emirates REIT re-opens Dubai's IPO market

  Emirates REIT is set to be the first Dubai-based company to IPO since 2008 and the emirate's first listed real estate investment trust to float when it completes an IPO of more than $135m next month.

  • 12:15 PM

• Alpha latest in Greek bank odyssey

  Greek Alpha Bank is set for a €1.2bn capital raise without pre-emptive rights, days after peer Piraeus announced its own deal.

  • 10:00 AM

• London lures Israeli digital marketers as listing location tussles continue

  Matomy, a digital marketing firm based in Israel, launched a London IPO on Monday, giving encouragement to the UK's aim to bring more technology listings to the country.

  • 10 Mar 2014

• Flybe cap hike touches down

  Flybe completed a £155m capital raise on Monday that will allow the UK airline to invest in its own planes as part of a new strategy.

  • 10 Mar 2014

• Pets At Home hurries pricing, narrows guidance

  Pets At Home hurried pricing on its £500m IPO on Monday, closing books a day earlier than expected and narrowing price guidance.

  • 10 Mar 2014

• Travelex contemplates IPO after strong results

  Private equity owned Travelex, the UK retail foreign exchange firm, said on Monday that it is considering an IPO after it reported strong results.

  • 10 Mar 2014

• Saga seeks customers for 2014 IPO

  British insurer Saga is sounding out its customers to gauge interest ahead of a likely IPO later this year.

  • 10 Mar 2014

• Boohoo completes £300m IPO

  UK online clothes retailer Boohoo completed an IPO on London's AIM on Friday, valuing the firm at £560m. It is the second online retail IPO in the UK in the last month.

  • 07 Mar 2014

• Bankers for once don't need to change flat Pirelli

  Intesa Sanpaolo sold its stake in tyre manufacturer Pirelli on Thursday night, pricing the deal flat to market as appetite for Italian equities continues to surge.

  • 07 Mar 2014

• Piraeus puts Greek tragedy behind it and prepares for €1.8bn cap hike

  Greece's biggest bank is set to raise €1.75bn as the country's banks move towards financial health.

  • 07 Mar 2014

• Spanish market back with a bang after two more IPO launches

  OdigeO, the online travel agent owned by Permira, has announced its intention to float on the Madrid stock exchange, in one of two IPOs launched from Spain this week.

  • 07 Mar 2014