Emerging Europe IPO trio gets a mixed reception from wary investors

Slovenian, Kazakh governments deliver on privatization promises, while price concerns scupper listing plans of Belarusian retailer Eurotorg.

A trio of chunky IPOs from emerging Europe met with a mixed reception from wary investors in London in early November.

To the surprise of many in the market, two long-promised privatizations – of Slovenian lender NLB and uranium producer Kazatomprom – made it across the line, while a leading private-sector retailer had to postpone its listing.

On November 9, the Slovenian government finally delivered on commitments to the European Commission, made at the time of a state bailout of the country’s leading banks in 2013, to sell more than half of market leader NLB.

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