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- Large IPOs line up despite latest challenges 10/18/23
- Nearly 80% of the year’s large IPOs are above issue, a positive signal for the fall IPO market 08/16/23
- Updated: Renaissance Capital's 1Q 2023 US IPO Market Review 04/03/23
- Renaissance Capital's January IPO Market Update 02/01/23
- US IPO Weekly Recap: Skyward completes $134 million offering while several large issuers enter the pipeline 01/13/23
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The private credit boom is making its way to the IPO market
Private credit has been a growing theme in recent years, and like many undertones in broader financial markets, it's making its way to the IPO market. When markets dropped in 2022, private companies in need of funding faced a new set of challenges as investors...read more
Fortegra plots the year’s first insurance IPO; here’s how past issuers from the sector have performed
Specialty insurer The Fortegra Group (TFG) plans to raise $297 million this week, in what we expect to be the first in a string of insurance IPOs in 2024. Other possible IPO candidates include Aspen Insurance (AHL), on file...read more
Here's what the top-performing IPOs of 2023 tell us about 2024
Get ready for a bevy of biotech IPOs. The 30 IPOs that raised $100 million or more in 2023 currently average a strong 25% return from offer, thanks to solid first day gains (+14%) that have built in the aftermarket (+9%). ...read more
Pessimism over Fed policy and geopolitical tensions topple year's large IPOs; here are the deals that have weathered the recent turmoil
After a strong rally through July, markets have treaded water for the past three months as investors grow pessimistic about the possibility of near-term rate cuts, against a backdrop of political gridlock in the US and a new war abroad. The year's sizable IPOs...read more