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With the stock market heading straight downhill, a major war in Europe & the SEC throwing a regulatory monkey wrench into SPAC offerings, it’s no surprise that the IPO market’s been in a bit of a funk lately. But the Jim Hamilton Blog reports that things reached a new low last week:

As the air continues to come out of the IPO market, it reached a level last week that has not been seen in more than two years—no completed offerings. April 2020 was the last time that a week passed without at least one company making its public market debut. The holiday may have played a role in the standstill, but with only one IPO in the prior week the market was already growing quieter as May progressed. The 14 new issues in May represented the lowest single-month IPO total since ten were completed in April 2020.

The calendar for next week looks pretty empty too, so don’t be surprised if you see a larger than usual number of investment bankers at your favorite beach this summer.

– John Jenkins