ANALYSIS: Can Changes to LSE Listing Rules Attract More IPOs?

The London Stock Exchange has a problem: Delistings and too few initial public offerings have combined to shrink the LSE at one of the fastest rates among the global stock exchanges.

In the first half of this year, IPO activity in the UK represented only slightly more than 11% of all IPOs in Europe, and London IPOs have fallen to their lowest levels since the Great Recession. The UK has begun tweaking its listing rules to stem the decline, but parity with the US will require that the UK and Europe accelerate incubation of high-growth companies, like technology and biotechnology ...