Big 5's Investment Bankers Did No IPOs in 2007's 1st Half

The Globe and Mail, Boyd Erman, 15 June 2007Canada's initial public offering market is heading for a record in futility.As the halfway mark of 2007 approaches, Canadian companies have raised only about $770-million (U.S.) in initial public offerings, according to Bloomberg figures. That's the slowest start to a year since the tech bubble burst in 2001, and investment bankers say there are no big