The private equity industry played a vital role in the initial public offerings that happened in the US so far for this year, according to an International Business Times report.

olid demand for high rated corporate bonds prevented two low-beta companies from having to vie for attention in the euro market on Thursday, despite offering similar maturities and stemming from not dissimilar sectors.

Twitter Inc soared as much as 92 percent in its first day of trading on Thursday on the New York Stock Exchange as investors snapped up shares in the popular microblogging site in a frenzy that recalled the days of the dot-com bubble.

Hong Kong bourse recently listed Huishang Bank and Bank of Chongqing. A record HKD9. 21 billion or USD1. 19 billion was raised from its Hong Kong IPO for Huishang Bank after it had fixed the price slightly above the lowest rung in its price range at HKD3.

A report from the Wall Street Journal said payment startup Square Inc was thinking of going public next year.

Twitter announced that it had set its IPO price at USD26 per share and will start trading on the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday.

The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported on Wednesday The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported on Wednesday:Germany's Siemens agreed to sell the bulk of its water technologies business to private equity group AEA Investors for 640 million euros ($862 million).

Sulaiman Al-Habib (HMG) and Almana General Hospitals have engaged the services of separate banks to assist in its IPO listing.

Thomson Reuters publication IFR earlier reported that Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs and Standard Chartered were among the banks hired by Shuanghui International Holdings in its upcoming IPO.

Wix has set the opening price of its share for its initial public offering tomorrow at USD 16.50 apiece.