Mortgage Advice Bureau IPO: Housing boom helps broker’s stock flotation November 11, 2014 The Mortgage Advice Bureau (Mab) defied choppy markets to price its initial public offering (IPO) yesterday. It has achieved healthy growth this year on the back of a strong housing market, and buyers looking for more help on loans as the prospects of an interest rate rise grow. The loan brokerage is set [...]
Aldermore IPO: Challenger bank plans to win round buyers for float November 10, 2014 Challenger bank Aldermore plans to equal or even exceed its previous flotation plans when it comes back to the market to sell shares, its boss told City A.M. yesterday. The lender had to pull its initial public offering (IPO) last month when market conditions suddenly turned against it. But chief executive Phillip Monks said he [...]
Challenger bank Aldermore says IPO will still happen as lending lifts November 10, 2014 Challenger bank Aldermore, which pulled the plug on a planned London Stock Exchange listing last month, has posted promising third quarter results. Aldermore's total lending rose by 10 per cent in the third quarter, taking it to a 30 per cent increase since the beginning of 2014. This helped lift third quarter pre-tax profit [...]
Exclusive: CMC Markets plans more growth before IPO November 6, 2014 Online trading firm CMC Markets could float this time next year if the group grows as planned, chief executive Peter Cruddas told City A.M. yesterday. “I expect we can triple in size in the next five to seven years. I would be disappointed if we didn’t,” he said. “We are looking at a flotation, but there [...]
Danish OW Bunker says equity is “wiped out flat” after it suspends shares eight months after $1bn IPO November 6, 2014 Danish marine fuel bunkering company OW Bunker has advised investors to assume its equity is "wiped out flat" after it suspended shares following allegations of fraud by senior employees in Singapore. In an announcement last night, it confirmed an investigation into the allegations is under way, but added that initial findings suggested the fraud [...]
Exclusive: Virgin Money IPO gets thumbs-up from investors as “big four” banks are slated by CMA November 6, 2014 Bankers working on the flotation of Virgin Money are likely to exercise their "greenshoe" option when it launches its initial public offering (IPO) later this month, City A.M. understands. A source close to the deal said such has been the enthusiasm from investors for shares in the bank, it will sell an extra tranche of [...]
Time to take Stock of the IPO market – Editor’s Letter November 5, 2014 Those hoping the resurrection of the Virgin Money flotation might lead London’s initial public offering (IPO) markets into an end-of-year revival should take a read of yesterday’s statement from Stock Spirits Group, the Polish vodka maker that floated in London just over a year ago. Shares in Stock Spirits yesterday tumbled more than 25 per [...]
Quartix IPO: As London’s frosty market reopens co-founder Andy Walters on why he braved the waters November 5, 2014 Telematics founder Andy Walters braved the City’s turbulent times As the London market starts to thaw, with the likes of Virgin Money gearing up to float after delaying when the global sell-off sent British shares tumbling, one small vehicle-tracking firm has braved the volatile market and will float today. Quartix co-founder and managing director Andy [...]
Exclusive: Virgin Money cuts expectation for post-IPO market cap November 5, 2014 Challenger bank Virgin Money has lowered expectations for its post-IPO valuation, City A.M. understands. Having originally touted a post-IPO market cap of between £1.5bn-£2bn, it has reduced its expectations to £1.25bn-£1.45bn following its IPO later this month. Virgin Money shelved its flotation plans in October citing market turbulence, but on Tuesday it said more [...]
Fever-Tree IPO: Charles Rolls and Tim Warrillow are cracking open the bubbly for a market debut November 4, 2014 When boom turns to bust, it can be best to keep your head down, get back to work and wait for a better time to dive into choppy waters. Plenty of other firms have had second thoughts about their flotations in recent week, as the frenzy of earlier months gave way to a market slump. [...]