London Beats Brexit and Pandemic Woes to Top Europe's IPO Charts
Lockdown Winners Drive Europe’s IPO Market to Surpass 2019 Bloomberg 12/15/2020 Swetha Gopinath (Bloomberg) -- The European market for initial public offerings raised more money than in 2019, defying the coronavirus crisis and nail-biting Brexit negotiations this year, led by companies that benefited from pandemic-induced lockdowns. European exchanges hosted 161 IPOs and counting, worth a combined $28.3 billion, surpassing the $26.7 billion raised over 136 listings in 2019, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. This remains only a fraction of global issuance, blown out ...