- Traditional IPOs stepped back into the spotlight while SPACs took a pause
- Q2 2021 was the best performing second quarter in 20 years
LONDON, July 15, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Hot IPO momentum from Q1 continued into Q2 resulting in the most active second quarter by deal numbers and proceeds in the last 20 years. While Q1 2021 was dominated by special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) IPOs, traditional IPOs stepped back into the spotlight in Q2 helped by a number of factors including ample liquidity in the financial systems and strong global equity market performance among others. Through 1H 2021 there was a total of 1,070 IPOs, raising US$222.0b in proceeds, increasing 150% and 215%, respectively, year-on-year.
by Tyler Durden
Friday, Apr 30, 2021 - 05:45 AM
When you re a Chinese company and can list on U.S. exchanges - with little to no recourse or consequences for committing fraud and/or total opacity - why wouldn t you?
Perhaps this is why there has been an influx of Chinese IPOs on U.S. exchanges of late, despite the ongoing tension between the U.S. and China. Even during the Trump administration, it seemed we had learned to be hawkish everywhere except on our capital markets.
Chinese companies continue to pay listing fees, and continue to get listed, CNBC noted this week. Despite the coronavirus pandemic and tensions between the U.S. and China, half of 36 foreign public listings in the U.S. during the first three months of this year came from greater China.