These two companies are heading for the trading floor as early as Easter

New York, Frankfurt At the end of the year, the prospects for business with IPO candidates were still positive. According to investment bankers, the pipeline is well filled. The framework conditions are good despite the pandemic. But now the mood has changed.

Most central banks are announcing or considering increasing interest rates, technology stocks on the stock exchanges have come under pressure and price fluctuations have increased significantly. The economic concerns about the corona pandemic are easing somewhat, but the focus is shifting to geopolitical tensions between the West and Russia.

This also leaves its mark on the plans for IPOs. Overall, investors are currently being sought for fewer than ten initial public offerings – IPOs for short – in Europe. The experts at Berenberg Bank analyze this as the slowest start for around a decade. In view of the strong price fluctuations of the past few weeks, many candidates are now taking their time jumping onto the floor.