A Wise move? London listing may open fintech floodgates


FILE PHOTO: Wise logo is seen on a smartphone in front of a displayed stock graph in this illustration taken June 18, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration

LONDON (Reuters) -Wise's record breaking direct listing has come as a relief to other tech firms aiming to go public in the coming months, the bankers managing those deals and to post-Brexit London.

A souring of sentiment towards technology firm flotations in the British capital had been apparent in the disastrous post-IPO trading of Deliveroo and Alphawave.

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