News

LSE: IPO market soars in 2017

Ihesiulo Grace 3 January 2018 0

106 companies have floated on London Stock Exchange markets in 2017 – raising 15 billion GBP, up 63 per cent by number of IPOs and up 164 per cent by value of IPOs compared to 2016. London Stock Exchange (LSE) said it has surpassed all European exchanges this year by number of IPOs

Business News

MTN strategizes for IPO in Nigeria …Says it will not hold back on investment in Iran

Ihesiulo Grace 2 November 2017 0

As part of its strategies to settle the over one 1.4 trillion fine imposed on the telecommunication giant, MTN by the Nigerian government in 2015, the company is contemplating raising more funds from the capital market through an initial public offer (IPO), just as it re-affirmed plans to make more investments in Iran. The Chief […]

Capital Market

Revive IPO market, stakeholders urge SEC, NSE

Ihesiulo Grace 15 August 2017 0

Stakeholders of the Nigerian capital market have called on the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC0 and the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) to reflect the growth recorded in the equities market with revival of the Initial Public Offer (IPO) market. The stakeholders, who spoke to Daily Times Nigeria, said that growth in the market should reflect […]

Business

Venture-Backed U.S. IPOs Record Worst Drop in Two Years

Ihesiulo Grace 7 April 2015 0

U.S. initial public offerings by venture-backed companies fell to a two-year low in the first quarter of 2015, according to data from the National Venture Capital Association and Thomson Reuters. About 17 venture-backed companies raised $1.43 billion in the three months ended March, compared with 37 that raised $3.40 billion in the same period a […]