Initial Public Offerings (IPOs)

As Singapore’s market conditions appear more promising, experts chime in on the spate of delistings and the outlook for IPOs.

Now, with tensions easing and the US$43.6 billion ($56.62 billion) raised in 2025 IPOs so far running just behind the same period last year, frozen listings are finally moving forward.

Jason Saw, group head of investment banking at CGS International Securities, and Chiam Tao Koon, director and head of Ashurst ADTLaw’s M&A practice for Southeast Asia, tell us more.

Easy, short-term remedies without addressing underlying problems have long-term consequences that ultimately compound the pain.

Global IPO market has broken records by IPO volume and proceeds consistently into the fourth quarter: EY

Novo Tellus, Tikehau and Vertex are planning to raise between $200 million and $300 million through their respective IPOs

(Dec 20): As Asia Pacific wraps up its best quarter for new listings in almost a decade, the region’s investment bankers are preparing for a busy start to 2020.

SINGAPORE (Jan 9): It was an encouraging 2017 for the S&P 500, booking a full year of monthly total gains for the first time ever. But the elephant in the room still remains about the shrinking pool US companies going public.

SINGAPORE (Sept 28): The Singapore Exchange (SGX) has emerged as Asean’s top initial public offering (IPO) market performer for the third quarter of 2017 with proceeds of US$1.7 billion ($2.3 billion).  

(July 11): Shares of Lotte Chemical Titan Holding fell in their Malaysian stock market debut on Tuesday due to soft investor appetite for the country's biggest initial public offering in five years.