According to data from Dealogic, the month of October 2008 saw the greatest volume of withdrawn IPOs for a single month since the firm began gathering data in 1995. Dealbook reports that a total of 30 IPOs valued at $13.1 billion were pulled worldwide in October.
Among the planned offerings withdrawn this month is the $7.9 billion IPO of German railway operator Deutsche Bahn, which would have been Germany’s largest IPO since 2000.