London Stock Exchange Seeks Accelerated IPOs in Listing Review
- Exchange operator is looking to shorten London’s IPO process
- LSE also keen to decrease marketing period for retail tranches
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London Stock Exchange Group Plc is pushing the U.K. government to shorten the process for companies to go public as part of a review of its listing rules, according to a person familiar with the matter.
Initial public offerings in London take five weeks from publication of the registration document to a stock’s trading debut, after the U.K. market regulator tacked on an extra seven days in 2018 to allow unconnected analysts, from banks not working on the deal, earlier access to information.