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Renaissance Capital's 2016 US IPO Annual Review

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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...read more

Growth IPOs are on a summer surge; average 2016 tech offering now up 117%

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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...read more

US IPO Weekly Recap: LINE and AdvancePierre trade up on market debut

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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...read more

LINE pops 27% on billion-dollar debut, sending a positive message to tech IPOs

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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&rsquo...read more