IPO still draw for retailers

Original article by Sue Mitchell, Simon Evans
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 20 : 15-Jul-15

KPMG’s Robert Bazzani notes that a number of retailers and consumer-oriented businesses are looking at an Australian IPO, despite recent sharemarket turmoil. However, he questions whether companies should consider an IPO if their market capitalisation would be less than $A100m, arguing that they risk being overlooked by fund managers and equities analysts, Upcoming IPOs include Beston Global Food Company, Costa Group and Amaysim.

CORPORATES
KPMG AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, BESTON GLOBAL FOOD COMPANY LIMITED, COSTA GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED – ASX CGC, AMAYSIM AUSTRALIA LIMITED – ASX AYS, ADAIRS LIMITED – ASX ADH, BURSON GROUP LIMITED – ASX BAP, BEACON LIGHTING GROUP LIMITED – ASX BLX, GODFREYS GROUP LIMITED – ASX GFY, LOVISA HOLDINGS LIMITED – ASX LOV, BELLAMY’S AUSTRALIA LIMITED – ASX BAL, THE PAS GROUP LIMITED – ASX PGR, GREEN’S FOODS LIMITED, PACIFIC BRANDS LIMITED – ASX PBG, BRAND COLLECTIVE, KATHMANDU HOLDINGS LIMITED – ASX KMD, MACPAC WILDERNESS EQUIPMENT, URBAN PURVEYOR GROUP PTY LTD

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