时事新闻:Verisk将进行美国年度规模最大IPO
【英文原文】
Verisk Sets Biggest IPO Of The Year
In two weeks, insurance-risk specialist Verisk Analytics Inc. plans what will be the largest initial public offering of stock in the U.S. in more than a year.
The Jersey City, N.J., company plans to raise as much as $1.79 billion. That is more than twice the $750 million it targeted when it registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission in August 2008 and is the latest sign of the recovery in the market for new issues.
It will be the biggest U.S. IPO since credit-card giant Visa Inc. raised $19.7 billion in March 2008 and the first U.S. IPO of more than $1 billion since American Water Works Co. raised $1.36 billion in April 2008.
The U.S. IPO pickup still lags behind that of Asia, where there already has been six huge deals this year, including a $7.3 billion offering by China State Construction Engineering Corp. in July on the Shanghai exchange and a $5.1 billion deal from Metallurgical Corp. of China Ltd. last week on the Shanghai and Hong Kong, according to data from Dealogic.
All of the more than 85 million Verisk shares being sold are from its current owners, a group of big insurers ranging from Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. to American International Group Inc. The expected price range is $19 to $21 a share.
Verisk is slated to begin trading on the Nasdaq Stock Market under the symbol VRSK in the week of Oct. 5; its offering is being managed by Bank of America and Morgan Stanley.
The 38-year-old Verisk is the largest aggregator of actuarial and underwriting data related to U.S. property and casualty insurance risks; its statistical models detect fraud and quantify losses.
【中文译文】
专门从事保险风险业务的Verisk Analytics Inc.计划两周后举行首次公开募股(IPO)，这将是一年多以来美国规模最大的IPO。
这家位于新泽西州泽西城的公司计划筹资至多17.9亿美元。这个规模是该公司2008年8月在美国证券交易委员会(Securities and Exchange Commission)登记的7.5亿美元的两倍多，也是新股发行市场复苏的最新信号。
这将是2008年3月信用卡巨头Visa Inc.筹资197亿美元后规模最大的美国IPO，也是自2008年4月American Water Works Co.筹资13.6亿美元以来美国首桩规模超过10亿美元的IPO。
数据供应商Dealogic的数据显示，美国IPO恢复的速度仍落后于亚洲，后者今年已有6桩巨额交易，包括中国建筑股份有限公司(China State Construction Engineering Corp.)今年7月在上海上市，筹资73亿美元，中国冶金科工股份有限公司(Metallurgical Corp. of China)上周在上海和香港上市，筹资51亿美元。
Verisk发售的逾8,500万股股票都来自其现有的所有者，即包括Hartford Financial Services Group Inc.和美国国际集团(American International Group Inc.)在内的多个大保险公司。预期的价格区间在每股19-21美元。
Verisk预计将于10月5日当周在纳斯达克市场开始交易，代码为VRSK；其IPO由美国银行(Bank of America)和摩根士丹利(Morgan Stanley)负责。
有38年历史的Verisk是与美国房地产和意外保险风险相关的保险精算和保险业数据规模最大的集成商；其统计模式会察觉欺诈行为并量化损失。
