From our own experience in managing and supporting IPOs, Hume Brophy understands the value for business in getting this right, from the very beginning of the process to its conclusion, helping to ensure the IPO has a successful outcome and that, ultimately, a correct and targeted valuation is achieved for the business. This is where strong financial communications support is critical in developing and sharing the right messaging, at the right time, to the correct audience. The reality is that companies are essentially preparing for a whole new phase of corporate life.

Preparing to go public goes beyond having audited financial statements, meeting with investment bankers, and telling the company’s story to prospective investors. There are obvious advantages in launching an IPO, and going public can open up many doors for Irish companies, but it takes a huge amount of planning, organisation and teamwork. Just last month, Hume Brophy provided financial communication support for Yew Grove real estate investment trust (REIT), when they became the first listing on the Irish stock exchange since it became Euronext Dublin, with a dual listing on the Enterprise Securities Market (ESM) and the junior AIM Market in London. While Ireland has been slower than other European markets on the IPO front, there are signs that this is changing. The increase in activity compared to the same period last year was largely due to the strong first quarter of this year where European IPO values were boosted by the mega-IPOs of Siemens Healthineers and Deutsche Bank’s DWS Group, which both listed on the Deutsche Borse. The number of companies that have successfully listed in Europe recently, and the list of those that are expected to go public in the near future, is under-pinning indications of a very healthy stock market sector.Įarlier this month, PWC reported that Europe had ended H1 2018 with 168 IPOs, up from 161 in H1 2017, raising a total of €21.8 billion – five per cent up on last year.

Why companies looking for an IPO need back-up from the experts

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