Category: Initial Public Offerings

London Moves to Revive Its Reputation as a Financial Hub

As fears have grown that the city is losing its attractiveness for publicly traded businesses, Britain’s government is making changes to bring them back.
2 Brothers in Trump Media Insider-Trading Scheme Plead Guilty

Michael and Gerald Shvartsman, who had originally pleaded not guilty to securities fraud charges, each pleaded guilty to one count of securities fraud.
Merger of Trump’s Social Media Firm Could Provide Him Needed Cash

The former president’s social media company is finally set to go public. Mr. Trump could borrow against the value of his stake in the company.
Reddit Opens Up 38%, as Shares Begin Trading

The social media company’s debut on the New York Stock Exchange was one of the first major tech initial public offerings of the year.
Reddit’s I.P.O. Is a Content Moderation Success Story

The site’s journey from toxic cesspool to trusted news source illustrates the business value of keeping bad actors at bay.
Reddit’s Long, Rocky Road to an Initial Public Offering

The site, a throwback to an earlier era of social media, is poised to go public as soon as next week. It hasn’t been easy to reach this point.
Reddit’s Long, Rocky Road to an Initial Public Offering

The site, a throwback to an earlier era of social media, is poised to go public as soon as next week. It hasn’t been easy to reach this point.
Can Redditors Revive the I.P.O. Market?

The market for new listings has been rough for investors, but the social media company believes it has a secret weapon in its prospectus: its users.
Reddit Reveals Its Finances, in Major Step Toward Going Public

The message board site, founded in 2005, detailed its financial performance in a filing. It is the last of an early generation of social media companies to aim for a public offering.
Unlikely Allies Want to Bar JBS, the Brazilian Beef Giant, From U.S. Stock Markets

Environmentalists and American meat producers alike are asking regulators to keep JBS, the world’s biggest meatpacker, off the New York Stock Exchange.
A Pre-I.P.O. Gift to Company Executives: ‘11th-Hour Options Discounting’

A new research paper finds that companies price stock options at steep discounts just before going public and take steps to obscure them.
2024 M&A Outlook After a Rough Year for Deal Makers

Next year’s biggest headwinds for deal making will be “geopolitics, geopolitics and geopolitics,” says Viswas Raghavan, the co-head of global investment banking at JPMorgan Chase.