by Per Einar Ellefsen | Jul 6, 2023 | IPO Stories Podcast
EQT, based in Sweden, is one of the world’s largest private equity firms, and an active IPO sponsor, particularly in Europe – where they have listed companies such as Autostore, Suse, Azelis over the last few years – as well as their own management company...
by Per Einar Ellefsen | Jun 16, 2023 | IPO Stories Podcast
Française des Jeux, coming out of state ownership, was one of the largest and most successful IPOs in Europe over the last 5 years, raising $2bn for the French state and helping revive retail interest in IPOs. With Claire Vernet-Garnier, who was Head of the Finance...
by Per Einar Ellefsen | May 22, 2023 | IPO Stories Podcast
Why is there so little innovation in the IPO process? How has the investor landscape changed over the last decades, and how can companies get institutional investors engaged in their IPOs? Craig Coben was until recently Bank of America’s Global Head of Equity...
by Per Einar Ellefsen | May 16, 2023 | IPO Stories Podcast
ESG investing is becoming increasingly important, both in terms of fund flows and integration in investment decisions. The disclosure requirements for private and public companies are not the same, making the IPO a crucial milestone regarding ESG, in addition to the...
by Per Einar Ellefsen | May 3, 2023 | IPO Stories Podcast
KKR is one of the world’s largest private equity firms, and also one of the most active private equity sponsors of IPOs, with 3-4 IPOs per year globally. In Europe, they have listed 6 companies over the last 5 years: Trainline, Calisen, Hensoldt, SoftwareOne,...
by Per Einar Ellefsen | Mar 30, 2023 | IPO Stories Podcast
Annika Sigfrid has been at the center of more IPOs than most of us will ever be. She has 25 years’ experience in Equity Capital Markets transactions. In her last role she was Global Head of ECM at Nordea, a leading Nordic investment bank. She is now an...
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