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06/08/07	Wadharma Investments (Kiwara)	Mineral exploration	Zambia
Early August	American Leisure Group	Leisure development	US
10/08/07	Azurite Investments (Hitchens Retail)	Retail investments	UK
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Mid/End-July	Mathon Capital	Commerical property lender	UK
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18/07/07	Spitfire Oil	Oil producer	Australia
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28/06/07	PXP Qudos Vietnam Property Fund	Property Investments	Vietnam
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31/07/07	Connemara Mining Company (CON)	Zinc/Gold Mining	Ireland
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31/07/07	Pan African Resources (Barberton Mines) (PAF)	Mining	South Africa
26/07/07	Tawa (TAW)	Insurance investments	UK
24/07/07	Africa Opportunity Fund (AOF)	Investments	Africa
24/07/07	CapRegen (CGN)	Biotech investments	UK
24/07/07	India Hospitality Corp (IHC)	Hospitality investments	India
20/07/07	i-design group (IDG)	ATM adverts	UK	1
20/07/07	Mineral Securities (MXX)	Resource investments	British Virgin Islands
18/07/07	Mobile Doctors Group (Petsome) (MDG)	Medico-legal reports	UK
16/07/07	Freshwater UK (FWUK)	Marketing/PR	UK
16/07/07	Shieldtech (Base Group) (STEC)	Ballistic protection equipment	UK
13/07/07	Maple Energy (MPLE)	Oil/gas/ethanol	Peru
12/07/07	Dhir India Investments (DHIR)	Distressed investments	India
12/07/07	Superglass Holdings (SPGH)	Insulation manufacturer	UK
11/07/07	China Real Estate Opportunities (CREO)	Property investment/development	China	1
11/07/07	Trinity Venture Capital (TVC) (TVCH)	Investments	Ireland	1
10/07/07	Minerva Resources (Palladex) (MVA)	Mining	Kyrgyzstan, Ethiopia, Sierra Leone
09/07/07	Plant Offshore Group (POGL)	Oil/gas support	Malaysia
09/07/07	Queenco Leisure International (QLI)	Casino operator	Greece
06/07/07	Jetion Holdings (JHL)	Solar cell manufacturer	China	1
06/07/07	Mount Engineering (MOU)	Engineering	UK
05/07/07	Cobra Holdings (CBRA)	Wholesale insurance	UK
05/07/07	MobilityOne (MBO)	E-commerce payments	Malaysia

2007-08-01 13:20 (v1.0.3)

Well despite some misgivings I decided to have a punt on this. I mean what can go wrong with a bank? :)

Oh dear! ;o)

Challenger bank Aldermore gearing up for float
Telegraph
By Ashley Armstrong | Telegraph – 1 hour 37 minutes ag

Fast-growing retail lender set to break the summertime lull for listings with stock market flotation in coming weeks

Challenger (SES: E1:573.SI - news) bank Aldermore is gearing up for a stock exchange listing which is likely to make it one of the first major companies to debut on London’s markets after a summertime lull.

A stock market listing is expected within weeks, valuing the retail bank at between £800m and £900m. Aldermore, which focuses on “straightforward banking” to individuals and small businesses, is expected to raise between £400m and £500m.

The mortgage lender stunned industry experts in April when it reported an almost 15-fold increase in its pre-tax profits for 2013 while its lending and deposits business jumped by almost two-thirds. The company, which is only five-years-old, made pre-tax profits of £22.4m last year, compared to just £1.5m in 2012. The double digit growth in Aldermore’s return on equity was higher than every other listed UK bank.

Aldermore, which is owned by private equity group AnaCap and backed by Honeywell Capital Management and Ohio Public Employees Retirement System, raised a further £40m from hedge funds Toscafund and Lansdowne Partners at the start of the year. At the time, the hedge fund injection valued the business at more than £450m.

Sources said that work on an imminent stock market listing was nearing completion although a definite launch time had not been confirmed with the company’s management yet.

A main market listing typically takes four weeks from its formal announcement to the actual start of trading on London’s stock exchange.

AnaCap remains the majority shareholder and has already brought in Credit Suisse and Deutsche Bank (Xetra: 514000 - news) to advise on a potential flotation. It is expected that other banks will be added to the roster to manage the listing.

Aldermore will follow the London float of JC Flower’s One Savings Bank, which was valued at £413m in a June, the first UK bank to list for more than a decade after the now defunct lender Bradford & Bingley’s IPO in 2000. Lloyds Banking Group’s spin-off of TSB followed a month later in a carefully managed £1.4bn stock exchange float.

London’s listing market is expected to revive next month but investors have already fired warnings that they will not be prepared to support the same lofty valuations that were achieved at the start of the year.

Miller Homes IPO:
"In light of the recent financial markets volatility, the Shareholders of Miller Group have elected not to proceed at this time with a public offering of Miller Homes. The Shareholders are excited to support Miller Homes in its next phase of growth as the Company builds upon the momentum evidenced in its recent operational and financial results."

Aldermore IPO

Aldermore IPO pulled

This IPO promises an 8% yield

That one looks interesting skinny.

Cheers

IPO tempts with mammoth dividend

Virgin Money IPO

Mortgage Advice Bureau IPO

Virgin IPO

Camden Market may be set to float, according to The Sunday Times.
The British hotspot was bought up by Israeli billionaire Teddy Sagi, who has spent more than £500m to become the market’s first single owner.
Sagi last month acquired Camden lock from investment company Brockton Capital and spent £400m to purchase Camden Stables earlier in the year.
The Israeli businessman is also thought to have appointed former gaming chief executive Charles Butler to lead his Camden property operation.

My son will be interested if it does - he loves the place.

I think it's a terrific place to visit. I think there are quite a few ways to get ripped off, but that always adds to the buzz!

Trainline.com first IPO of 2015

More on Trainline. I am interested in this one.

More information

Hmmm?

Quote: "TrainLine is almost as bad as the fake websites that sell government services for a fat fee on top of the actual cost. It charges a commission on top of the published price - this despite it getting the seller's 9% cut. Why people can't see this and not use it baffles me."

It is often cheaper than going direct to the operator's website. Regardless of who gets what in the way of profit / commission, as long as we (the public) get a cheaper price, seems like a no brainer to me.

Biotech business and tool hire firm join Trainline on the IPO track

By Andrew Neil

January 12 2015, 11:33am
Trainline, which sells tickets online and over the phone for the main train operating companies, has announced it is planning a £500mln float on the London Stock Exchange.
Trainline, which sells tickets online and over the phone for the main train operating companies, has announced it is planning a £500mln float on the London Stock Exchange.


Tool hirer HSS Hire Group and biotech business Redx Pharma are the latest firms to roll out their IPO plans.

Last week Trainline.com, the online train ticket retailer, started the 2015 IPO ball rolling when it unveiled its London flotation.

In a statement today, Liverpool-based drug developer Redx Pharma said it plans to raise £20mln when it floats on AIM in February.

Set up in 2010, the firm focuses on developing new treatments for cancer and infectious diseases by improving existing drugs to create best-in-class treatments.

Based at the former AstraZeneca site at Alderley Park, Cheshire, it already has a portfolio of 13 patent-protected drug programmes.

Already at the pre-clinical proof of concept stage are treatments for MRSA, bone tumours, skin, brain and blood cancers.

The biotech business has secured partnerships with AstraZeneca, the NHS and French laboratory Pierre Fabre in the past 18 months.

The money raised will help develop the pipeline of oncology and infectious disease assets and launch a third therapeutic subsidiary focused on immunology.

“We believe that Redx is now at the forefront of research into small molecule tumour immunology and cancer stem cells, as well as the critical threat of antimicrobial resistant infection,” said Neil Murray, chief executive.

The listing would value the firm in the region of £60-£80mln, reports today suggested. Dealing in the shares on the junior market is expected to start next month.

Meanwhile, UK tool and equipment renter HSS Hire hopes to raise more than £100mln through floating a quarter of its shares. In a statement today, the firm said it will use the proceeds to reduce its £200mln debt.

HSS, which claims to be the second-biggest supplier of hired tool and equipment in Britain, operates from 265 locations and has about 2,900 staff. The listing could give the firm a value close to £600mln.