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Placings and IPOs

30 Sep 2026

IPOs – trends and historical performance

1. Minerva briefing on global IPOs Minerva Analytics' briefing, Global IPOs: Growth, Governance and Risk, examines the drivers of the IPO revival and the governance questions emerging from it. Minerva reviews the structural dynamics shaping modern initial public offerings, focusing on how rapid scaling often…

Nominee Accounts

4 Aug 2022 Nominee Accounts

Austin Review of Capital Raising and Dematerialisation

This article represents the views of its author and not necessarily those of ShareSoc. It’s the mid-summer doldrums in the stock market and with investors having more time…

Regulations and Law

2 Aug 2022 Regulations and Law

Prospectus Publishers off the Hook

This article represents the views of its author and not necessarily those of ShareSoc. The Government has published how it proposes to reform the Prospectus Regime. Among the…

Company News

26 Nov 2021 Company News

Electric Vehicles, Pod Point IPO and Bulb Rescue Cost

If the Government has its way, we’ll all be driving electric cars (EVs) soon. One of the concerns of drivers though is they might run out of battery…

AIM

13 May 2021 AIM

AIM market statistics

by Cliff Weight, Sharesoc Director. Allenby have just published this very informative review of AIM: http://www.allenbycapital.com/research_1214_2120899233.pdf which contains many interesting statistics. The AIM market is at the same…

Corporate Governance

Laggard

19 Apr 2021 Corporate Governance

DDDD – 4D Pharma placing with no Primary Bid individual offer

By Cliff Weight, ShareSoc Director. I hold shares in DDDD. I am not sure if I am happy or angry with 4D Pharma. Duncan Peyton (Chief Executive Officer)…

Regulations and Law

6 Mar 2021 Regulations and Law

UK Listing Review – What’s It All About?

You may have noticed in the Chancellor’s Budget speech that he announced that the FCA will be consulting on Lord Hill’s review to encourage companies to list in…

Corporate Governance

26 Feb 2021 Corporate Governance

Don’t let the governance guard down in IPO razzmatazz

ShareSoc Member Barry Gamble has contributed this article. Background My recent Financial Times letter “Don’t let the governance guard down in IPO razzmatazz” argued against relaxation of the…

ShareSoc

26 Feb 2021

Retail Investor Participation in IPOs – A Good Thing?

Shares magazine have reported that the CEOs of major platform operators AJ Bell, Hargreaves Lansdown and Interactive Investor have written to Government Minister Jon Glen asking him to…

Brokers

3 Dec 2020 Brokers

Invinity Open Offer, Ideagen, and AJ Bell Results

I have recently taken a strong interest in those shares that are involved in electrification of the world. It’s not just the UK Prime Minister who wants to…

Accounting and Audit

24 Nov 2020 Accounting and Audit

Do Spivvy PE Funds IPO Their Investments at Inflated Prices? – and HM Treasury Consultation UK Listings Review

The AA 86% share price decline, coming on top of the Saga and Aston Martin makes me wonder if PE firms and others are exploiting those retail investors…

Market Statistics

31 Oct 2020 Market Statistics

Continued strong fundraising activity on AIM

Allenby Capital, whose CEO Nick Naylor spoke at ShareSoc’s Investing Masterclass on Remuneration, have just issued their quarterly update which shows the way the AIM market continues to…

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