Renewable energy-focused investment trusts dominated the top-most popular IPOs available to retail investors in 2021, according to a study by interactive investor, but many investors remain “locked out” of broader IPO opportunities.
The list of IPOs was "shorter" than it should be due to the "sheer volume" of IPOs that continue to exclude private investors, the investment platform highlighted. "Without the investment trust industry rising to the occasion and offering retail investors access to IPOs, it would have been a poor year for IPOs," ii stated. Lee Wild, ii's head of equity strategy, said: "The absence of some of the UK's most high-profile listings of 2021 from the table hints at a more serious tale, and one that damages the integrity of public markets. Questions remain unanswered despite Deliveroo reco...
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