
英國(guó)投資銀行Peel Hunt表示,英國(guó)的中小型股票市場(chǎng)正在迅速萎縮,這威脅到了倫敦作為國(guó)際金融中心的地位。
首次公開(kāi)募股數(shù)量偏少,加上海外公司和私募股權(quán)公司的一連串收購(gòu)動(dòng)作,表明退出英國(guó)市場(chǎng)的公司多于進(jìn)入該市場(chǎng)的公司。富時(shí)小型公司指數(shù)(FTSE Small Cap Index)的變化尤其明顯地反映出這一趨勢(shì),Peel Hunt稱(chēng)該指數(shù)在今年已經(jīng)損失了10%的成分股和20%的市值。
Peel Hunt的研究主管查爾斯·霍爾在一份報(bào)告中寫(xiě)道:“該市場(chǎng)目前正處在一個(gè)惡性循環(huán)中,估值較低,流動(dòng)性不斷降低,投資者正在撤資,而且首次公開(kāi)募股情緒低迷。如果這種情況持續(xù)下去,英國(guó)可能就會(huì)失去其金融生態(tài)系統(tǒng)里的一個(gè)重要組成部分?!?/p>
雖然Peel Hunt的分析側(cè)重于英國(guó)的小公司,但同樣受到?jīng)_擊的還有藍(lán)籌股富時(shí)100指數(shù)(FTSE 100)。2022年11月,倫敦失去了歐洲最大股市的地位,股市延續(xù)了自2016年英國(guó)脫歐公投以來(lái)的暴跌態(tài)勢(shì)。最近油價(jià)的上漲帶動(dòng)以大宗商品為主的指數(shù)重奪桂冠,但由于英國(guó)經(jīng)濟(jì)深陷困境,加上公司趨于到紐約上市,英國(guó)股市仍然舉步維艱。
這些公司包括選擇在美國(guó)上市的潛在英國(guó)股市領(lǐng)軍者(例如芯片設(shè)計(jì)公司Arm Holdings Plc),以及已經(jīng)將主要上市地點(diǎn)改在紐約的公司(比如愛(ài)爾蘭建筑材料公司CRH Plc)。近年來(lái),阿斯頓·馬丁·拉貢達(dá)國(guó)際控股有限公司(Aston Martin Lagonda Global Holdings Plc)和Deliveroo Plc等幾家公司在倫敦備受矚目的首次公開(kāi)募股都慘遭失敗,這對(duì)情況的改善毫無(wú)助益。
霍爾寫(xiě)道,股市的萎縮會(huì)拖累經(jīng)濟(jì)增長(zhǎng)和投資,然后與投資者流出形成惡性循環(huán)。Peel Hunt的分析顯示,今年以來(lái),有27家市值超過(guò)1億英鎊(1.22億美元)的公司收到了并購(gòu)要約——大多來(lái)自金融買(mǎi)家或外國(guó)收購(gòu)者,因此可能會(huì)退出英國(guó)市場(chǎng)。這些公司包括富時(shí)250指數(shù)(FTSE 250)的成分股公司Dechra Pharmaceuticals Plc和Network International Holdings Plc等。
霍爾指出,英國(guó)當(dāng)局即將進(jìn)行資本市場(chǎng)的監(jiān)管改革是可喜的,但也有必要改革稅收措施以吸引投資者投資小型股。(財(cái)富中文網(wǎng))
譯者:中慧言-劉嘉歡
英國(guó)投資銀行Peel Hunt表示,英國(guó)的中小型股票市場(chǎng)正在迅速萎縮,這威脅到了倫敦作為國(guó)際金融中心的地位。
首次公開(kāi)募股數(shù)量偏少,加上海外公司和私募股權(quán)公司的一連串收購(gòu)動(dòng)作,表明退出英國(guó)市場(chǎng)的公司多于進(jìn)入該市場(chǎng)的公司。富時(shí)小型公司指數(shù)(FTSE Small Cap Index)的變化尤其明顯地反映出這一趨勢(shì),Peel Hunt稱(chēng)該指數(shù)在今年已經(jīng)損失了10%的成分股和20%的市值。
Peel Hunt的研究主管查爾斯·霍爾在一份報(bào)告中寫(xiě)道:“該市場(chǎng)目前正處在一個(gè)惡性循環(huán)中,估值較低,流動(dòng)性不斷降低,投資者正在撤資,而且首次公開(kāi)募股情緒低迷。如果這種情況持續(xù)下去,英國(guó)可能就會(huì)失去其金融生態(tài)系統(tǒng)里的一個(gè)重要組成部分?!?/p>
雖然Peel Hunt的分析側(cè)重于英國(guó)的小公司,但同樣受到?jīng)_擊的還有藍(lán)籌股富時(shí)100指數(shù)(FTSE 100)。2022年11月,倫敦失去了歐洲最大股市的地位,股市延續(xù)了自2016年英國(guó)脫歐公投以來(lái)的暴跌態(tài)勢(shì)。最近油價(jià)的上漲帶動(dòng)以大宗商品為主的指數(shù)重奪桂冠,但由于英國(guó)經(jīng)濟(jì)深陷困境,加上公司趨于到紐約上市,英國(guó)股市仍然舉步維艱。
這些公司包括選擇在美國(guó)上市的潛在英國(guó)股市領(lǐng)軍者(例如芯片設(shè)計(jì)公司Arm Holdings Plc),以及已經(jīng)將主要上市地點(diǎn)改在紐約的公司(比如愛(ài)爾蘭建筑材料公司CRH Plc)。近年來(lái),阿斯頓·馬丁·拉貢達(dá)國(guó)際控股有限公司(Aston Martin Lagonda Global Holdings Plc)和Deliveroo Plc等幾家公司在倫敦備受矚目的首次公開(kāi)募股都慘遭失敗,這對(duì)情況的改善毫無(wú)助益。
霍爾寫(xiě)道,股市的萎縮會(huì)拖累經(jīng)濟(jì)增長(zhǎng)和投資,然后與投資者流出形成惡性循環(huán)。Peel Hunt的分析顯示,今年以來(lái),有27家市值超過(guò)1億英鎊(1.22億美元)的公司收到了并購(gòu)要約——大多來(lái)自金融買(mǎi)家或外國(guó)收購(gòu)者,因此可能會(huì)退出英國(guó)市場(chǎng)。這些公司包括富時(shí)250指數(shù)(FTSE 250)的成分股公司Dechra Pharmaceuticals Plc和Network International Holdings Plc等。
霍爾指出,英國(guó)當(dāng)局即將進(jìn)行資本市場(chǎng)的監(jiān)管改革是可喜的,但也有必要改革稅收措施以吸引投資者投資小型股。(財(cái)富中文網(wǎng))
譯者:中慧言-劉嘉歡
Britain’s market for small and medium sized stocks is shrinking rapidly, challenging London’s status as a international financial center, according to UK investment bank Peel Hunt.
A lack of initial public offerings, along with a flurry of takeovers by overseas and private equity firms, mean there are more companies leaving the UK market than joining it. The trend is particularly pronounced for the FTSE Small Cap Index, which Peel Hunt says has lost 10% of its members and 20% of its market capitalization this year.
“We are currently in a doom loop, where valuations are low, liquidity is reducing, investors are seeing withdrawals and there is little desire to IPO,” Charles Hall, Peel Hunt’s head of research, wrote in a report. “If this continues, the UK could lose a crucial part of its financial ecosystem.”
While Peel Hunt’s analysis focuses on Britain’s smaller companies, the bluechip FTSE 100 has also been suffering. London lost its status as Europe’s biggest stock market last November, extending an equity slump that stretched back to Britain’s vote to leave the European Union in 2016. A recent rise in oil prices allowed the UK’s commodity-heavy gauge to regain the crown, but the market is still struggling amid a floundering economy and a trend of companies fleeing to New York for listings.
That includes would-be UK market champions that have chosen to list in the US, like chip designer Arm Holdings Plc, and firms that have shifted their primary listings to New York, like Irish building materials firm CRH Plc. Listings flops for several high profile London IPOs over recent years — including Aston Martin Lagonda Global Holdings Plc and Deliveroo Plc — haven’t helped.
A shrinking pool of stocks weighs on economic growth and investment, and becomes a vicious cycle for investor flows, Hall wrote. Peel Hunt’s analysis shows that 27 companies with a market capitalization of more than £100 million ($122 million) have received M&A offers so far this year, mostly from financial buyers or foreign suitors, and may therefore exit the market. Among them are FTSE 250 members Dechra Pharmaceuticals Plc and Network International Holdings Plc.
Hall said upcoming regulatory reforms for UK capital markets are welcome, but that attracting investment in smaller stocks also needs to be addressed by reforming taxation measures.