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Talend Chief Executive Officer Mike Tuchen told TechCrunch that part of the $40 million it received from its recent funding round will go towards its plans to launch an initial public offering in the near future.

Private equity giant Blackstone Group stands to get a huge profit from the initial public offering of Hilton Worldwide Holdings scheduled for today, a Bloomberg report said.

Canada-based oil producer Cardinal Energy Ltd gathered CAD 225 million for its initial public offering, the biggest IPO in the country since Oryx Petroleum Corp raised CAD 250.5 million in May, a Bloomberg report said.

Reuters heard from five anonymous sources that Norway-based debt collector Lindorff's owners, Swiss Investor AB and private equity firm Altor, had already hired banks to lead the Nordic company's IPO.

China Everbright Bank Co Ltd's USD2.8 billion float on Tuesday follows the steps taken by peers Huishang Bank Corp Ltd (3698.HK) and Bank of Chongqing to prepare a financial buffer against bad loans in the near future, said a Reuters report.

Chinese state-owned firms are expected to lead the initial public offerings in the mainland next year after the lifting of the temporary ban on public share sales by the government, according to sources interviews by Bloomberg.

With the revival of initial public offerings, Australian bankers have many things to be happy for as underwriting fees also surge, according to a report.

A revival in public listings is set to take place in the Middle East and North Africa or MENA with the improvement in capital markets conditions, a report in Gulf Business said.

Leveraged finance bankers are heading into 2014 with the same old nagging doubts about whether M&A will finally pick up, but this time round there is an even greater desire for a resurgence as refinancing opportunities fade.

President and Chief Executive Officer Nobuhiro Torii told Bloomberg in an interview in Tokyo yesterday that Suntory Beverage & Food will not be actively pursuing acquisitions in the next 12 months following its debut on the Tokyo Stock Exchange this year.

Private equity firms in Europe have chosen initial public offerings as the way to exit their investments as the markets have become open, according to a report from the Financial News website.

Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs Group Inc were hired by The Rubicon Project Inc to lead its IPO next year.

Private equity-backed CVC Brasil Operadora e Agencia de Viagens priced its shares at BRL 16 apiece for its IPO today, below its indicated price range of BRL 18 to BRL 22.

A source told Reuters that Qinhuangdao Port Co is going to be setting the price of its planned initial public offering at HKD 5.25 per share, which is the bottom of its indicative range.

Australia electronics chain Dick Smith Holdings Ltd's rise on the Australian Stock Exchange had put its enterprise value to five times its value at the time of its buyout at AUD534 million.