NanoString Technologies announced today the pricing of its initial public offering. (Photo : Reuters)The image is the lobby looking in for JP Morgan Chase & Co.

Ad tech companies may face tough Wall Street audience with their IPO plans as investors find it difficult to identify if such companies are capable of real technological edge.

On Wednesday, Macau Legend relaunched its reduced Hong Kong IPO after postponing and restructuring the deal that was supposed to set price last June 21.

According to sources, Markit Group has appointed Goldman Sachs as the lead coordinator for its proposed initial public offering.

Due to current market conditions, the IPO for Travellers International Hotel Group has been postponed to a later date.

bluebird bio Inc. announced closing of its initial public offering after selling 6,832,352 shares priced at US$17 per share piece.

On Monday, sources said that Apollo is in discussion with investment banks for the IPO of its gas and oil company, EP Energy LLC.

Suntory Holdings Ltd's food and soft drinks unit was set to price on Monday hoping to raise as much as US$4.8 billion.

KIPCO's pay TV unit OSN is preparing for an IPO. (Photo : Reuters)The image is OSN's corporate logo. Kuwait's largest investment firm in terms of assets, Kuwait Projects Co, announced last Saturday that it had engaged the services of Rothschild financial group to provide advice for an initial public offer of OSN, its pay television company.

Luxoft, the software development firm of the IBS Group, is preparing for an IPO in the New York Stock Exchange.