Tips and trends for companies considering an IPO
2015 has been a good year for IPOs in Australia, with a number of sizeable listings, including the recent $2.3 billion listing of Link Group. It has also seen a continuation in the trend of small and mid cap technology companies finding their place on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX).
The technology, media and telecommunications (TMT) industry has had a strong run of listings in 2015, including the $2.1 billion listing of accounting software developer MYOB Group earlier this year.
We have also experienced a steady stream of IPO activity, including advising on 4 IPOs in the TMT space this year (for OtherLevels, Superloop, Over the Wire, and Megaport). With our involvement on a number of floats, we have also continued to see strong appetite from institutions as well as retail investors, validated through an increase in broker-firm offer rounds which are steadily becoming a recognised feature of many offers.
