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The Five Biggest IPOs of 2021

Harry Clynch 05/01/2022 No Comments

Banking

What do we know about the new CEO of Barclays?

04/01/2022

Capital Markets

The Royal Mail IPO, eight years on

07/12/2021

Capital Markets

FX Rigging Scandal: Why is nobody going to prison?

06/12/2021

Capital Markets Investment Banking

2021 was a big year for IPOs. With almost 1,500 companies listing around the world, the number of IPOs nearly doubled in 2021 compared to the year before. The amount of capital raised surpassed $525 billion.

Banking Regulator

What do we know about the new CEO of Barclays?

January 4, 2022

How much of the Ghislaine Maxwell trial affected the exit of previous CEO, Jes Staley, is hard to say. But today is all about the new CEO of Barclays. Coimbatore-Sundararajan “C. S.” Venkatakrishnan, or 'Ventak'.

Capital Markets Investment Banking

The Royal Mail IPO, eight years on

December 7, 2021

Eight years after one of the most controversial initial public offerings of the decade, let’s revisit the Royal Mail IPO. The price of the Royal Mail stock (LON: RMG) skyrocketed shortly after it had begun trading on the London Stock Exchange. For months and years, the company was deemed undervalued and its IPO stock price a bargain.

Capital Markets Investment Banking

FX Rigging Scandal: Why is nobody going to prison?

December 6, 2021

Every now and again, something happens in the banking sector that makes you amazed nobody is going to prison. Last week it was reported that the European Commission has fined four of the world’s largest banks for involvement in price fixing on the foreign exchange markets.

Banking

HSBC Reports Earnings, Announces Share Buyback

October 25, 2021

HSBC reported its revenue was down 3% from 2020 to $37.6bn, last year the bank made over $50bn in revenue. HSBC also expects adjusted costs of approximately $32bn for 2021 and 2022, meaning they have a chance to beat the Cost:Income ratio that Barclays have generated.

Banking

Why higher interest rates could help lenders earn more profits

September 17, 2021

“Banks are attractive,” Jason argues, “because they are one of the few business models around that – within reason of course – prefer higher interest rates.”