Salt shakes off IPO plan
The arrival of autumn was reportedly to be accompanied by a flotation of Switzerland’s Salt this year, but now it seems the plan is off, at least for now.
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Vantage Towers starts trading, Vodafone makes €2.3 billion
Vantage Towers started trading in Frankfurt on Thursday as planned, priced at €24.00 per share, towards the lower end of parent Vodafone’s initial price range.
Imminent IPO values Vantage Towers at under €15 billion
Vodafone will float Vantage Towers next week, raising up to €2.8 billion in the process.
Vantage Towers inks Sigfox deal and boosts tenancy ratio ahead of IPO
Vantage Towers is attracting new customers from outside the Vodafone group, the latest being Sigfox Germany, with which it has just inked a 500-tenancy deal.
Rackspace to IPO for $21 per share
As investors continue to warm to the cloud computing market, Rackspace has announced details of its Initial Public Offering (IPO) coming in at the low-end of the target range.
Uber sheds light on operations ahead of IPO
Uber is not a company which shares huge insights into its business traditionally, but a filing ahead of a planned IPO has unveiled some very interesting details.
SoftBank plans massive IPO for its Japanese telecoms business
Tech conglomerate SoftBank wants to raise a few trillion yen by offering some of its Japanese operator up for public consumption.
Tencent is aiming to do a Spotify with its entertainment and music business
The China based internet company Tencent, listed on the HKSE, is planning to spin off its music and entertainment subsidiary and list it separately on an exchange in the US.
Xiaomi IPO was compromised by Chinese regulators
Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi’s initial plan for a dual listing in Shanghai and Hong Kong was hamstrung by the draconian requirements from Chinese regulators.
IPO fails to Xiaomi the money
The initial public offering of Chinese gadget giant Xiaomi seems to has raised considerably less cash than it hoped.
Xiaomi launches $6 billion IPO in Hong Kong
Chinese gadget giant Xiaomi has launched its initial public offering in the Hong Kong stock exchange that could raise over $6 billion.
Xiaomi and Hutch make their own buddy movie
Xiaomi is a smartphone company that doesn’t play by the rules, Hutch is a telecoms giant that takes no prisoners. Together they’re dynamite.
Softbank might IPO its Japanese telecoms unit, then again it might not
In response to a report claiming it’s going to flog $18 billion of shares in its Japanese mobile units. Softbank has said it might, but no decision has been made yet.
Play IPO values the Polish operator at €2 billion
Play Communications, owner of polish mobile brand P4, is on the IPO trail, with a value of roughly €2 billion.
Altice USA IPO goes quite well – pockets a cool $1.9 billion
The results are in from the Altice IPO which has caused a stir recently, and they are some good ones; the team has raised roughly $1.9 billion through the sale of around 6.5% of shares.
Polish Play plugs public push
Polish operator Play has announced its intention to to float on the Warsaw stock exchange, in what could be one of the largest telco IPOs in recent years.
Altice tries to raise some cash with US IPO
The US arm of French telecoms conglomerate Altice is heavily in debt following a spate of acquisitions, so it’s having a whip-round in the public markets.
Snap hype cools off as bubble bursts for now
The Snap IPO caught a few people off guard as prices surged to $24 after the first day of trading, but as the price declines, late comers to the party are looking a little bit screwed.
Snap IPO crackles and pops
Snap finished its first day of trading with share prices increasing 44% on the initial $17, finishing at $24 with a market capitalization roughly $33 billion.
The Snapchat speculative bubble – an infographic
Snap’s most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the team are chasing after an IPO which would value the business at $18.5 billion, less than half of its initial ambitions.
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