Porsche IPO Speeds Into History

18/11/2022 16 min
Porsche IPO Speeds Into History

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Episode Synopsis

In this week’s episode, we discuss Porsche’s historic IPO, the biggest public listing in Europe since 2011, with Sam Kerr, a senior ECM editor in EMEA at ION Analytics - Dealogic and Mergermarket. The IPO defied volatile markets to list the luxury car brand at a valuation of EUR 75 billion in Germany's second-biggest market debut.
Listen, and you’ll learn about:

Why the Porsche IPO happened despite market volatility
Investments made by the sovereign wealth funds of Norway and Abu Dhabi and mutual fund company T. Rowe Price
Valuation challenges
Initial concerns about Oliver Blume serving as CEO of both Porsche and Volkswagen
If more luxury brands will follow in Porsche's footsteps

Dealcast is presented by Mergermarket and SS&C Intralinks.
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