Philippine meat supplier North Star defers IPO on inflation, market concerns

Philippine meat supplier North Star defers IPO on inflation, market concerns

A trader takes orders on a telephone at the Philippine Stock Exchange. Source: Reuters

Philippine firm North Star Meat Merchants Inc is deferring up to 4.5 billion pesos ($85 million) initial public offering because of increased market volatility and concerns about inflation, the firm said on Tuesday.

The decision is the latest among a series of uncertainty-driven listing postponements in Asia, as financial markets reel from elevated inflation and the Ukraine-Russia crisis.

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