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IPOs and Equity Offerings
Author(s): Ross Geddes (Author)
- Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann
- Publication Date: 17 Jan. 2012
- Language: English
- Print length: 276 pages
- ISBN-10: 008097385X
- ISBN-13: 9780080973852
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
