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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

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

All eyes were on Japanese messaging application LINE's (LN) highly anticipated debut this week; and it did not disappoint, popping 27% on its opening day. AdvancePierre Foods (APFH) raised $391 million and traded up 14% its first day, closing out an active week that began with five companies setting terms on Monday. With...read more

LINE (LN), the popular Japanese messaging platform, popped 27% on Thursday after raising $1.15 billion in the largest US tech IPO since Alibaba in September 2014. While tech IPO activity still remains well below historical levels, LINE’s IPO is the latest positive data point from the sector. The past ten tech IPOs finished Thursday with a positive return...read more