By Sam Kerr
14 Dec 2020
The Russian IPO market reopened in 2020 with a number of new listings, giving equity capital markets investors a chance to once again back new listings from EMEA’s most important emerging market. The most impressive of all these listings was Ozon, the Russian e-commerce company, which listed on the Nasdaq to acclaim from global tech funds. Sources are hoping more Russian tech unicorns will follow it to public markets in 2021.
Russia’s IPO revival has included deals from numerous sectors. Alongside the IPO of Ozon there were the flotations of Samolet, the Russian real estate company and Sovcomflot, the state-owned shipping giant.On Monday, O’key Group, the Russian retailer, began trading in Moscow, adding a Russian listing to its