Hopes high for final run of IPOs despite rates, sector scares

Just a handful of this season’s IPOs are still live with the summer break fast approaching. With market jitters about rising interest rates, and investor trepidation towards certain asset classes, ECM bankers are praying the remaining deals go well after a couple of stinkers stripped the gloss off the market picture that some of the better sales had slapped on, writes Aidan Gregory.