IFR Magazine – January 20, 2018

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Apollo falls short with US$1.47bn ADT IPO

„ Equities Buyside thumbs nose at PE firm’s desired pricing

BY ANTHONY HUGHES

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“This is not ‘lock.com’

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multiples”