UK-based specialist lender Shawbrook Group is assessing the prospects of an initial public offering (IPO) on the London Stock Exchange. The lender, backed by investment companies BC Partners and Pollen Street, intends to apply for its ordinary shares to be listed on the Financial Conduct Authority's Official List and to commence trading on the Main Market. From the end of 2013 to mid-2025, Shawbrook's loan book expanded from £1.4bn ($1.8bn) to £17bn. Its statutory profit after tax for the first half of ...