AVOL News

Hortonworks (+65%), LendingClub (+56%) and New Relic (+48%) all had strong debuts in a week with six tech IPOs, the most in a week since 2000. The three 40%+ first-day pops were the most in a week since September 2013, when FireEye, Rocket Fuel and Benefitfocus all gained 80%+ (only FireEye remains above its offer price). While the three top performers all priced above the range,...read more

Avolon Holdings, an aircraft lessor with a total portfolio of 227 mostly narrowbody aircraft, raised $273 million by offering 13.6 million shares at $20, below the range of $21 to $23. Avolon Holdings plans to list on the NYSE under the symbol AVOL. J.P. Morgan, Morgan Stanley, Citi, UBS Investment Bank and Wells Fargo Securities acted as lead managers on the deal....read more

The week ahead: high quality financial and technology IPOs 11 mostly high quality deals are on the IPO calendar to raise $2.7 billion during the week of December 8, 2014. Technology IPOs have been underrepresented in the second half of 2014, representing just 10% (12 IPOs)...read more

Avolon Holdings, a private equity-backed aircraft lessor with a portfolio of 227 aircraft, announced terms for its IPO on Monday. The Dublin, Ireland-based company plans to raise $300 million by offering 13.6 million shares (100% insider) at a price range of $21 to $23. At the midpoint of the proposed range, Avolon Holdings would command a market value of $1.8 billion. Virgin...read more