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Why Direct Listings Are Fake IPOs

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The Hijacking of the IPO Market Part 5   Are IPOs Obsolete?   The US IPO is a time-tested process of financial review, disclosure, marketing to investors, evaluation by investors and price discovery....read more

Bermuda insurer Watford Holdings completes direct listing on the Nasdaq

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Watford Holdings, a Bermuda-based provider of property and casualty insurance and reinsurance, filed a final prospectus relating to its direct listing on Thursday. The company registered for resale up to 3.6 million shares held by existing shareholders. The...read more

Arch Capital-backed insurer Watford Holdings sets direct listing for this week

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Watford Holdings, a provider of property and casualty insurance and reinsurance, rescheduled its proposed direct listing for this week.  The Pembroke, Bermuda-based company plans to list on the Nasdaq under the symbol WTRE. As a direct...read more

Slack isn’t the only company to pick a direct listing over an IPO

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Slack recently grabbed headlines when it announced that it filed confidentially for a direct listing. Getting far less attention, Bermuda-based reinsurer Watford Holdings (WTRE) has also opted for that route. Between May 2017 and August...read more