Funds listing: Competition for alternative funds IPOs heats up

London Stock Exchange takes on Euronext with launch of dedicated market.

 Martin Graham, London Stock Exchange

“Hedge funds and private equity are an increasingly important asset class that pension funds and other institutional investors want access to”
Martin Graham, London Stock Exchange

The London Stock Exchange has announced the launch of a dedicated market for issuers of specialist funds in an attempt to attract hedge fund and private equity vehicles, a source of listings that London has been losing out on to Euronext. Although the London Stock Exchange has been by far the favoured destination for foreign, secondary, and growth company listings in Europe, Euronext’s Amsterdam market has been conspicuously successful in attracting private equity and hedge fund listings.

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