美股IPO遇冷：今年至今尚无一家挂牌

2016年的1月份，或许将成为2008年全球金融海啸以来，IPO市场最冷清的一个月。受近期股市大跌的影响，不少公司都推迟了在美国上市的时间。

从1月初至今，美国股市尚未有一家新公司挂牌。彭博社预测称，今年1月或将成为2008年9月雷曼兄弟破产以来IPO市场最冷清的一个月。

从事IPO交易所买卖基金业务的Renaissance Capital公司表示，就在不久之前，美国IPO市场还是一片繁荣景象，2014年更创下14年来最高纪录，共有275家公司在美挂牌交易。这也是2000年以来IPO最活跃的一年——2000年有406家公司在美国上市。

去年，IPO热有所降温，只有170家公司在美国上市。观察人士表示，从去年8月起，随着投资者们开始担心中国经济，大宗商品价格下降，以及对全球经济增长的总体担忧，各种问题逐渐浮现。

Renaissance Capital公司董事长凯瑟琳•史密斯对《财富》表示：“很难说IPO发行窗口目前是否已经敞开，我们认为这种局面在短时间内不会有所转变，投资者恢复信心是需要时间的。”

1月只剩下不到一周就要结束，IPO市场还没有复苏迹象。在线借贷公司Elevate Credit和城建服务供应商Shimmick Construction都推迟了各自的IPO计划。目前这两家公司基本上被列入“每日观察名单”之中。

此外还有两家公司原定于本月IPO，它们是B2B技术服务公司AmeriQuest和房地产投资信托公司Nordic Realty Trust，不过现在也不能保证这两家公司能否按期挂牌。其他有可能在今冬上市的知名公司还包括食杂公司Albertsons和媒体公司Univision等。（财富中文网）

译者：朴成奎

审校：任文科

January is expected to be the slowest month for initial public offerings since the dark days of the 2008 global financial crisis, as firms discouraged by the sputtering market have held off from listing stocks on U.S. exchanges.

So far this month, the market has seen zero IPOs; at this rate, January is expected to be the worst-performing month since December 2008 when no companies went public after the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers, according to Bloomberg.

Until recently, the U.S. IPO market was a star performer, setting a 14-year record in 2014 when 275 companies went public, according to Renaissance Capital, a manager of IPO ETFs. That was the most active year since 406 firms went public in 2000.

Last year saw a bit of a dip, with 170 IPOs successfully launched. Observers say problems first began to surface in August as investors began to fret about the strength of China’s economy, dipping commodity prices, and overall worries about global economic growth.

“It is questionable whether the IPO window is open for issuance at this point,” Kathleen Smith, principal at Renaissance Capital, told Fortune. “We don’t expect this to turn around on a dime. It will take time for investors to get confident again.”

With just a week left in January, the IPO market doesn’t look promising in the immediate future. Online lender Elevate Credit and heavy civil construction services provider Shimmick Construction have held off on their IPO plans and are essentially considered “day to day” at this point.

Two other companies are on the calendar for this month: business-to-business technology services firm AmeriQuest and real-estate investment trust Nordic Realty Trust, though it isn’t guaranteed that either will launch their IPOs. Other notable names that could go public this winter include grocery company Albertsons and media company Univision.