Paris company listings raise 92% less in 2023, research says, but London holds up

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The Euronext NV banal speech successful Paris, France, connected Friday, March 10, 2023.

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LONDON — Funds raised by companies debuting connected the Paris banal speech fell by 92% successful the archetypal fractional of the twelvemonth compared to the aforesaid play past year, according to caller research, underperforming different exchanges successful the region.

Research by KPMG UK, shared exclusively with CNBC, shows a mixed representation for Europe successful 2023 truthful far, with sentiment clouded by higher involvement rates globally, terms pressures for consumers and continuing geopolitical concerns.

The study shows that funds raised connected the Euronext Paris declined to 32.8 cardinal euros from 402.6 cardinal euros implicit the archetypal six months of the year.

Companies listed connected the London Stock Exchange raised £586.2 cardinal ($751.7 million) done archetypal nationalist offerings implicit the archetypal six months of the year, level connected the aforesaid play successful 2022. However, determination were inactive signs of a much subdued concern environment, with funds raised done "further issues" — further stock offerings to rise much currency — down 36% to £3.65 billion.

The fig of companies listing crossed the main and smaller alternate concern (AIM) markets successful London fell to 17 from 29. The figures are dwarfed by the frenzy of enactment successful 2021, which saw 48 London listings successful the archetypal fractional and a full of £19.8 cardinal raised.

Elsewhere, funds raised (the magnitude of currency companies gain erstwhile they database connected an exchange) fell 86.9% connected the Nasdaq Nordic, and dried up wholly connected the Euronext Amsterdam.

Meanwhile, the Euronext Milan scale and the German Deutsche Börse were some boosted by important listings, the erstwhile by the 600 cardinal euro ($664.2 million) initial nationalist offering of Italian gambling steadfast Lottomatica successful May — the biggest successful Europe successful the twelvemonth truthful far. Germany's scale benefitted from the 388.5 cardinal euro IPO of unreality computing steadfast IONOS Group.

"The LSE has demonstrated a greater resilience betwixt H1'22 and H1'23 than galore of its European counterparts. More accepted listing venues person intelligibly fared amended successful hard times," said Rob Crowley, manager of UK Capital markets advisory radical astatine KPMG.

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