SPB Exchange announced plans to hold at least five initial public offerings in 2025. The organizers of the placement are already drawing up plans to list the companies on the stock exchange in 2026, said Ivan Suzimov, executive director for the development of the primary securities market. of the St. Petersburg Stock Exchange, cited by RBC.
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“Compared to the total volume of placements that is currently planned, I think it is not much, but I hope that with these transactions we can change the inertial movement that is present on the part of investment banks and issuers, and we can assume that volume of market, which is now being actively released,” said the senior manager.
Suzimov added that in 2025 the demand from retail investors could have a positive impact on the easing of the Central Bank’s monetary policy. In addition, the organizers of the IPO on the St. Petersburg Stock Exchange are already developing a placement plan for 2026, he noted.
In March 2024, SPB Exchange announced plans to focus on conducting IPOs of sanctioned Russian companies. The general director of the trading platform, Evgeny Serdyukov, then noted that he has experience in creating new markets and massive placements.
In September, the SPB Exchange began trading shares of 85 Russian companies, including Uralsib Bank, CarMoney, Globaltruck and others. In November 2023, the St. Petersburg Stock Exchange was subject to US sanctions, after which it stopped trading in shares of foreign companies.
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