Russian IPOs to diversify despite numbers slump

Emerging markets have not responded well to the recent wobble of international stock markets. But if IPO activity can be considered as an indicator for economic expectations in a market, investors still have plenty of confidence in wide-ranging growth in Russia.

Insiders acknowledge that the IPO pipeline is not at its peak. “The market is not as strong as it used to be a couple of months ago,” says an analyst at Renaissance Capital. “During the rest of the year, we might see five to 10 sizeable international transactions, and some smaller ones,” says Gergely Voros, managing director, global capital markets, at Morgan Stanley. But he adds: “It is still a very exciting market despite fewer transactions.

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