Original article by Sally Rose
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 11 & 20 : 6-Jan-15

Australia boasted more than $US16.21bn ($A20bn) worth of IPOs in 2014. Data from Dealogic shows that Macquarie Group handled some $US4.169bn worth of IPOs, ahead of UBS with $US2.52bn. Medibank Private dominated IPO activity in 2014, and Hugh Falcon of Macquarie expects float activity to be strong again in 2015. Simon Cox of UBS forecasts that investors will be more selective about the IPOs they back in 2015

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MACQUARIE GROUP LIMITED – ASX MQG, UBS HOLDINGS PTY LTD, MEDIBANK PRIVATE LIMITED – ASX MPL, DEALOGIC (AUSTRALIA) PTY LTD, GOLDMAN SACHS AND PARTNERS AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, STANDARD AND POOR’S ASX 200 INDEX, HEALTHSCOPE LIMITED – ASX HSO, SPOTLESS GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED – ASX SPO, GENESIS ENERGY LIMITED – ASX GNE, ESTIA HEALTH LIMITED – ASX EHE, ASALEO CARE LIMITED – ASX AHY, GENWORTH MORTGAGE INSURANCE AUSTRALIA LIMITED – ASX GMA, ROYAL DUTCH SHELL PLC, WOODSIDE PETROLEUM LIMITED – ASX WPL