IPO and Equity Offerings

IPO and Equity Offerings (Securities Institute Global Capital Markets)
By Ross Geddes

Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann
Number Of Pages: 272
Publication Date: 2002-06-15
Sales Rank: 443091
ISBN / ASIN: 0750655380
EAN: 9780750655385
Binding: Hardcover
Manufacturer: Butterworth-Heinemann
Studio: Butterworth-Heinemann
Average Rating: 5
Total Reviews: 1

Book Description:

An initial public offering (IPO) is one of the most significant events in corporate life. It follows months, even years of preparation. During the boom years of the late 1990s bull market, IPOs of growth companies captured the imagination and pocketbooks of investors like never before.

This book goes behind the scenes to examine the process of an offering from the decision to go public to the procedures of a subsequent equity offering. The book is written from the perspective of an experienced investment banker describing the hows and whys of IPOs and subsequent equity issues.

Each aspect of an IPO is illustrated with plenty of international examples pitched alongside relevant academic research to offer a combination of theoretical rigour and practical application.

Topics covered are:
the decision to go public
legal and regulatory aspects of an offering; marketing and research
valuation and pricing
allocations of shares to investors
examination of fees and commissions

* Global perpective: UK, European and US practices, regulations and examples, and case studies
* First hand experience written by an IPO trader with academic rigour
* Includes the changes in the market that resulted from 1998-2000 equity boom

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