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date	name	activity	location	news
01/08/07	Aisi Realty Public	Property investment	Ukraine
01/08/07	Worldspreads Group	Spreadbetting	Ireland	1
02/08/07	Lewis Charles Romania Property Fund	Property investments	Romania
Late June/Early July	Ludgate Environmental Fund	Investment fund	Jersey
02/08/07	Rapid Realisations Fund	Investments	Guernsey
03/08/07	Et-china.com	Travel services	China
03/08/07	Nordic Land	Property investment	Sweden, Norway
03/08/07	Oakley Capital Investments	Private equity	Bermuda
03/08/07	Sepura	Mobile radio equipment	UK	1
06/08/07	Energybuild	Coal Mining	UK
06/08/07	IdaTech	Fuel cells	US	1
06/08/07	In House Group	Property management	UK
06/08/07	Nviro Cleantech	Environmental technology	UK	1
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
10/08/07	Hollywood Media Services	Event services	UK
Missed Stated Date
date	name	activity	location	news
Mid/End-July	Mathon Capital	Commerical property lender	UK
Mid-July	Asia Environmental Partners	Environmental investments	Asia
19/07/07	IMSG	Sales/marketing services	Ireland
Mid-July	Tsar Emerald Corporation	Emerald mining	Russia
18/07/07	Spitfire Oil	Oil producer	Australia
17/07/07	Park Plaza	Hotels	Europe	1
12/07/07	PME African Infrastructure Opportunities	Investments	Africa
06/07/07	Cardsave	Card payments	UK
Early July	Vietnam Infrastructure	Investments	Vietnam
03/07/07	Discover Leisure	Caravan/leisure retailer	UK
Late June	AOI Medical	Orthopaedic devices	US
29/06/07	Equidebt	Debt collector	UK	1
28/06/07	PXP Qudos Vietnam Property Fund	Property Investments	Vietnam
Mid-June	Genesis Worldwide Inc	Construction technology	Canada
07/06/07	Vector Hospitality	Hotels	UK	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Recent Floats
date	name	activity	location	news
31/07/07	Connemara Mining Company (CON)	Zinc/Gold Mining	Ireland
Late July	Epicure Qatar Equity (EQEO)	Investments	Qatar
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)

MG - thanks - there's nothing on the horizon in the field of biometrics that I'm specifically aware of. I have a nagging feeling that I've read about a company in this area considering a float later this year but I did a bit of digging and couldn't find anything I'm afraid. If I pick anything up I'll post it here.

Trouble with biometrics is, for every RCG there's an SDKK and I haven't really got my head around the sector. One day I'll do some more reading.

By the way, I was once quite rude to Capital Spreads when they phoned me out of the blue - opening line 'are you interested in oil futures?'. It was only after I'd slammed the phone down on them I remembered I'd asked them to call me sometime with some info on their platform... so it happens. Some of these people need to work on their technique though.

Kyoto
Cheers and yes, one of these days my well practiced standard response is gonna get me in trouble - but they don't half pee me off. Either they trawl through some databases they've bought or some arse has put me on one of their lists.

I reckon it's that maggie bunton :)

Isaacs - I don't know if this is relevant to EpiStem - sounds negative but I suppose it could be positive if it locks out competing research:

MPs have warned that the UK government's proposed ban on hybrid embryos could damage UK science, and charged that it will restrict development of life-saving stem cell treatments.

The report comes ahead of a draft bill, due to be published on 8 May, which the government has indicated will ban hybrid and chimera embryos. In November a lab at Newcastle University was first to apply to the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) for a licence to create human-bovine hybrid embryos in order to boost the supply of human stem cells for research.

Don't do a Bush on stem cells, urge MPs, scientists, doctors

A Hong Kong-based software firm will this week strike a blow for the London Stock Exchange in its increasingly fractious battle with its New York rivals by unveiling plans for a listing on Aim.

NetDimensions, a publisher of knowledge management software used by ABN Amro, Cathay Pacific and HSBC, has elected for a London listing despite the fact that more than twice as much of its revenue is generated in North America as in Europe.

Aim wins another round in US fight

IPOs/Flotations - Thursday 5 April, 2007Norseman Gold (Davos Resources) - 24/04/07Avanti Communications Group - 16/04/07Aseana Prop Ltd (ASPL) - First DayBB Holdings Limited - 24/04/07JPMorgan Progressive Multi-Strategy Fund - 15/05/07Versatile Systems - 16/04/07

Last month the London Stock Exchange released some depressing figures, showing that the hunger for Aim stocks is clearly subsiding.

It revealed that the junior market posted its worst performance for admitting new companies in three years. The first quarter saw just 51 new admissions against 121 in the same period last year.

In reality, this should not come as a surprise. For months, investors have complained of "indigestion" and "fatigue" from the constant stream of new flotations, against a backdrop of poor-performing new issues and criticism of Aim from high-profile US figures.

AIM Market report:Bumper international listings compensate for falling numbers

Matica, an Italian company focused on designing and making machines that can personalise credit, debit, membership and identification cards, will today list on the Alternative Investment Market. The group wants to raise around 2m and is tipped to secure a valuation of more than 10m on admission.

Matica operates in a high-growth market. Plastic cards are increasingly used in the world as a method of payment and identification. Most people these days have multiple cards including credit, debit, SIM cards for mobile phones, membership and loyalty cards as well as identification cards. Matica makes the systems that can personalise them - something which is increasingly becoming a prerequisite in the cards industry. The group is already profitable. In its last financial year, Matica made an operating profit of 500,000 (340,000) on sales of 8.8m.

A good hand of cards (second story)

A HOME-GROWN business which already a major online retailer of mobile computing and communication devices is dialling up a 25m flotation on AIM, it was revealed today.

He said the company had spoken to a number of venture capitalists, but had opted instead to go for an AIM listing. The private equity investors seemed to be looking at buying shares cheap so they could float the company in due course. We thought we could do it ourselves and that the time is right.

eXpansys plans 25m float

IPOs/Flotations - Tuesday 10 April, 2007St Peter Port Capital - 16/04/07Bglobal plc - 25/04/07NetDimensions (Hdgs) - Intention to FloatVolga Gas plc - 25/04/07

Shares in Vneshtorgbank (VTB), Russias second-largest bank, have gone on sale to Russians, as the business prepares for its 4 billion listing in London and Moscow. The flotation, set for early next month, will be the first foreign listing by a Russian bank.

Russias VTB aims for London listing

LONDON (Thomson Financial) - Meat-packing company Hilton Food Group said it is planning to float on the main market of the London Stock Exchange before the end of May.

The company said no new money will be raised for the company and that it intends to place existing shares with institutional investors. It anticipates that some 50 pct of its shares will be in public hands following admission.

Hilton Food planning to float on main market of LSE before end of May

LONDON (SHARECAST) - The parent company of UK retail stockbroker The Share Centre is exploring the prospects of a listing on Londons AIM in late 2007 or early 2008, it said in a statement Tuesday.

A possible float of Share plc is seen as part of a strategy that would ultimately take the company into a main market listing.

Share plc mulls AIM float

MUMBAI: UTV Software Communications has decided to bring its new media businesses, including the two gaming companies it has acquired, under a wholly owned subsidiary which could possibly list on London's Alternative Investment Market (AIM).

UTV to float UK subsidiary for new media, overseas listing on plan

The Share Centre to float.........NICE.

Was awarded a few shares with them a couple of years back.

Will have to see how many I have.

IPOs/Flotations - Wednesday 11 April, 2007ORA Capital Partners - 17/04/07Promethean India - Late AprileXpansys Plc (XPS) - First Day

Eaga, no news yet then Kyoto?.

No. But as you suggested on the Eaga thread, it's all about the P/E at float and the risk/reward of buying in. Unless there's some scope for riding the initial wave of hype in an overvalued situation. If it develops a buzz then it's going to end up being priced at the top end of the range and I prefer to look for the SOLA type opportunities. Has anyone called Brewin to ask if they have a date range in mind or if there's any scope for participating in the IPO proper?

If they announce anything more concrete though my systems will probably pick it up and it will get posted here automatically. Sometimes these intention to float statements come to nothing in my experience and sometimes it takes a long time before the package is put together. I assume that given Eaga's financials they aren't going to have any trouble getting sufficient buy-in to float but you never know what might happen in the interim.

Flat speaker specialist Immersion Technologies International lists on Aim today and unlike many of its junior market peers is already far along the research and development path with some big orders set up. The London-based group, whose products can be found in Aston Martins and Jaguars, joined Aim via a reverse takeover of St James's Energy. It expects to break into profit by mid-2009, thanks largely to a deal with technology firm Nakamichi. A report by Objective Capital values the business at 50m. Immersion chief executive Craig Evans cites a gap in the market as TVs get flatter but speakers fail to keep pace. Immersion's products start at 8mm thick. The group is also in talks with several consumer electronics companies to supply them with tailor-made speakers.

The Guardian (last paragraph)

Small-cap traders are excited about the prospects for St James' Energy following a successful reverse takeover by the high-definition acoustics speaker manufacturer Immersion Technologies, the name under which the shares will begin trading this morning. The group's objective capital report indicates that it expects the business to have a value of close to 50m following the transaction, almost 10 times its current market capitalisation. The shares closed 0.17p better at 1.42p.

Independent

Thanks for that Kyoto.

This thread is now becoming a must read each day.

Ist one I have a look at every morning.

Me too GF ,excellent kyoto .

IPOs/Flotations - Thursday 12 April, 2007Minera IRL Limited (MIRL) - First Day

Two of Britains leading entrepreneurs are preparing to announce plans to float a hotel property group worth an estimated 2.5 billion on the London Stock Exchange, The Times has learnt.

Richard Balfour-Lynn, the head of Marylebone Warwick Balfour, and Sir David Michels, former chief executive of Hilton Group, have teamed up with Bank of Scotland and Royal Bank of Scotland to pool between 60 and 80 hotels under the De Vere, Hilton and Marriott brands in a real estate investment trust (Reit).

Flotation to put 2.5bn value on first UK hotel Reit

Virgin Radio is heading for a 100m stock market flotation after its owner, SMG, decided to concentrate its efforts on its television interests north of the border.

Virgin Radio set for 100m float