UK Sinha, Chairman of Securities and Exchange Board of India or Sebi, said firms can be creative in their advertisements to attract investors to their IPOs but they must contain all required disclosures.
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NASDAQ to pay $41.6M compensation for botched Facebook IPO
NASDAQ OMX Group on Friday said that it would pay $41.6 million on December 31 for qualifying claims related to Facebook's botched initial public offering.
Gains in private equity-led listings fuel investors' demand- report
The 18.6% increase in the shares of listings backed by private equity firms will fuel the demand of institutional investors as more public debuts are being planned, the Financial Times reported.
French engineering group SPIE plans late-2014 IPO
SPIE, a French engineering group that makes facilities more energy-efficient, is reportedly mulling over an initial public offering in late 2014. SPIE's shareholders, private equity firms Ardian, Clayton Dubilier & Rice and Quebec's pension fund Cassie, will likely decide on the listing in the first quarter.
San Miguel power generation unit SMC Global Power to go public next year
SMC Global Power Holdings Corp, the holding firm for San Miguel Corp's power generation assets, is eyeing for an initial public offering in 2014. SMC Global Power aborted its listing in September, citing adverse market conditions.
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A report said the wave of hotel initial public offerings of Blackstone Group showcased a resurgence in one of the sectors that suffered the most during the recession, the hospitality industry.
India-based supermarket operator is thinking of holding an initial public offering when the privately-held chain will draw near its first profit, a Bloomberg report said.
Blackstone Group LP-backed hotel chain La Quinta Holdings Inc confidentially filed for an initial public offering (IPO) with the US Securities and Exchange Commission under the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act.
Michaels Stores, a retailer of arts-and-crafts based in Texas, has reorganized its previous plans to undertake an initial public offering, the Wall Street Journal reported.
Venture capital investors and startup CEOs are feeling optimistic and confident about the venture ecosystem next year, according to a survey from National Venture Capital Association and Dow Jone VentureSource.
Private equity firm Carlyle Group generated paper profits on its week-long investment in Chinese funeral company Fu Shou Yuan International Group Ltd after the latter gave a strong debut in Hong Kong trading.
The revival of initial public offerings in the US and Europe which started this year is set to continue next year, the Financial Times reported.
Italian clothier Moncler is expected to raise a total of about €784 million in its initial public offering after arranging banks Goldman Sachs Group, Bank of American Merrill Lynch and Mediobanca exercised the listing's greenshoe over-allotment option.
Private equity firm Carlyle Group had put up for sale its specialty chemicals business PQ Corp. for $3 billion. Carlyle has tapped investment bank Credit Suisse to explore an outright sale or IPO of PQ.
