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With the S&P 500 at record highs and average IPO returns handily beating the broad market indices, the US IPO market should have produced high levels of issuance in 2016. Instead, proceeds fell to their lowest level since 2003 and activity was the worst since 2009. This seemingly contradictory year can be explained in part by the market freefall in the 1Q that resulted in...read more

class="">Eight companies went public in the year’s most active week. Three priced above the range and each finished above its IPO price (average return of 38%). Biotech Novan and ad-tech platform The Trade Desk led the group with a 67% and 65% first day pop, respectively. After disinterest earlier in the year, the IPO market is finally showing signs of strong initial deman...read more

The IPO market swung back into action in the shortened post-Labor Day week with seven deals added to the calendar: two banks, three software providers, the first energy play in over a year and a biotech. Five companies submitted initial filings, including self-proclaimed unicorn Coupa Software and gene editing biotech CRISPR Therapeutics.  The new IPO activity is supported...read more

Monday began the annual late-August lull in the IPO market, but even as deal flow cools, recent trading shows that growth IPOs are hotter than at any point this past year. In particular, several recent tech IPOs have been on a tear over the last few weeks. Their overall performance points to an increased risk appetite on the part of investors and suggests a pickup in activity when...read more