Inside the Financial Engineering of Club Med's IPO

Club Med aims to grow from 69 resorts to about 85 without owning the next wave, and its new financial structure explains why. The company being sold to public investors in Hong Kong is a brand and operating system that mostly does not own its resorts. Fosun, which bought Club Med in 2015, has faced challenges including the collapse of Thomas Cook in 2019. The IPO filing reveals the financial engineering behind its asset-light growth plan.