UK sees highest number of IPOs since 2007 but outlook 'uncertain'

Headwinds in 2022 could stunt success

Elliot Gulliver-Needham
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Global IPOs hit record levels in 2021, with the UK alone witnessing 121 stock launches through the course of the year - its highest number since 2007.

Data from EY's market tracker IPO Eye showed that IPOs raised a total of £16.3bn for the year in the UK, while $453.3bn (£334bn) was raised worldwide. Globally, 2021 was the most active year for IPOs in the past two decades with markets seeing nearly 2,400 stock launches - a 64% increase year-on-year. ii calls for greater retail access to IPOs as investors remain 'locked out' of opportunities In sector terms, financial services, real estate and software saw some of the the largest IPOs in the UK for the last quarter of 2021, with Pantheon Infrastructure, Life Science REIT and Softl...

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