While the European Commission's High Level Forum on the Capital Markets Union (CMU) delivered its interim report at the end of February (see EUROPE B12430A18), on Monday 2 March the European Task Force onInitial Public Offering (IPO) presented its recommendations for the future of the CMU.
Often seen as an effective way to raise capital, an IPO is a process whereby, for the first time, a company offers publicly listed shares to the public.
Established in 2014, the IPO Task Force had already...