AUGUST 2002 A Review of IPO Activity‚ Pricing‚ and Allocations JAY R. RITTER and IVO WELCH* ABSTRACT We review the theory and evidence on IPO activity: why firms go public‚ why they reward first-day investors with considerable underpricing‚ and how IPOs perform in the long run. Our perspective is threefold: First‚ we believe that many IPO phenomena are not stationary. Second‚ we believe research into share allocation issues is the most promising area of research in IPOs at the moment. Third
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through an IPO Strengths When an organization is private they have decisions to make. Going public through an initial public offering‚ or IPO is one decision they can choose. When going through an IPO there is going to be increased capital. A public offering will allow a company to raise capital to use for various corporate purposes such as working capital‚ acquisitions‚ research and development‚ marketing‚ and expanding plant and equipment (FindLaw‚ 2013). Other advantages of choosing an IPO would
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Why did Prada IPO in HONG KONG? Prada is joining the parade of foreign companies listing in Hong Kong rather than their home markets. As the only Chinese exchange fully open to foreign investors‚ Hong Kong has benefited as global investors shift more funds toward China and other emerging markets in search of better returns than they can find in the developed world‚ for three main reasons. 1) Listing in Hong Kong provides access to otherwise unreachable Chinese investors and moreover can serve as
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Go Daddy pulls its IPO filing! Why I decided to pull it. Tuesday‚ August 8‚ 2006 At 2 PM today (Tuesday‚ August 8‚ 2006) I announced at a meeting broadcast to Go Daddy’s 1200+ employees that The Go Daddy Group was officially withdrawing its registration with the SEC to become a public company. We just finished our best quarter - ever! This decision comes after the best quarter in the company’s history. During the 2nd quarter The Go Daddy Group Inc. had GAAP revenue of $56‚985‚000‚ a net accounting
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Warburg Pinus and emgs: The IPO Decision | Executve Summary With wide geographic and sectorial reach‚ Warburg Pincus had a flat structure and decentralized deal approval process. In the first part of our report‚ we commented on the merits of these features and how they helped the group make investments. Warburg Pincus acquired emgs in 2004 and was considering its IPO. Throughout time‚ Warburg Pinus had added real value to emgs via operational‚ financial and strategic improvements. We believed
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Organization Theory – Alibaba case: “Why organizational structure affected Alibaba’s IPO” Introduction and Historical Overview Over recent years the external environment and the marketplace have become increasingly dynamic and competitive‚ with progressive consolidation of the market leaders and continuing need of companies to adapt their structure towards our demanding society. This trend has led Alibaba Group Holding ltd. to conduct some organizational considerations before being listed on the
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II. Initial Public Offering (IPO) process 1. Procedure The company which is going to issue shares to the publics holds an organizational meeting to reach an agreement in final decision of purpose‚ size of offering‚ number and type of shares authorized‚ also the agreements with company and principal shareholders. Generally‚ IPO involves one or more investment banks as "underwriters". The role of underwriters is very important. They are intermediaries between an issuer of a security and the investing
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For anyone involved in the field of corporate finance‚ understanding the mechanism of company valuation is very important not only because of valuation of mergers and acquisitions‚ in choosing investment for a portfolio‚ in deciding on the appropriate price to pay or receive in takeover‚ but also in restructuring the corporation. The process of determining the present value of a company is called valuations. There are different methods and techniques which can be used for valuation. These are:
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Problems Identified By The Narasimham Committee 1. Directed Investment Programme : The committee objected to the system of maintaining high liquid assets by commercial banks in the form of cash‚ gold and unencumbered government securities. It is also known as the statutory liquidity Ratio (SLR). In those days‚ in India‚ the SLR was as high as 38.5 percent. According to the M. Narasimham’s Committee it was one of the reasons for the poor profitability of banks. Similarly‚ the Cash Reserve Ratio-
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planning an initial public offering that would transform “Big Brown” into a publicly traded company (Healy 2005)”. This paper reviews UPS against FedEx on financial statements‚ business strategy‚ performance and sustainability with provided figures and IPO article published in Harvard Business School Case Study 9-103-015. United Parcel Service Key Success Factors Main key success factors for UPS given its business strategy are developed technological infrastructure‚ integrated ground and air operation
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