The number and size of initial public offerings (IPOs) continued to decline during the second quarter of 2022. There were 46 IPOs during Q2 that raised a combined $5.3 billion. This was the fewest IPOs since Q1 2020 (38) and … Continue reading
Category Archives: Initial Public Offerings (IPO)
IPOs Cool Off: Q1 2022 IPO Trends
Eighty-four companies conducted initial public offerings (IPOs) on the NYSE and Nasdaq during the first quarter of 2022. These companies raised a total of $11.3 billion. Special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) continued to outpace traditional IPOs, representing about two-thirds of … Continue reading
Audit Market Following SPAC Mergers
In November, we published a blog looking at the changing auditor environment for initial public offerings (IPOs) of special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs). In this post, we look at how the audit market changes following the completion of a SPAC … Continue reading
2021 IPOs: Auditor Market Share and Stats
More than 1,000 companies conducted an initial public offering (IPO) on the Nasdaq and NYSE exchanges during 2021. Together, these 1,046 companies raised $668 billion, an average of $639 million per offering. Building on recent trends, special purpose acquisition companies … Continue reading
Q4 2021 IPOs: Auditor Market Share and Stats
There were 259 initial public offerings (IPOs) on the Nasdaq and NYSE exchanges between October 1 and December 31, 2021. More than $65 billion was raised, an increase of $15 billion from the previous quarter. This was in line with … Continue reading
Transfer Agent Market Share – 2021
A transfer agent is assigned by a corporation with publicly traded securities to track individuals that own their stocks and bonds. Transfer agents have several responsibilities, including managing/maintaining records for investors and making sure these investors receive appropriate payments. Here, … Continue reading
Redeemable Share Restatement is Bad Timing for WeWork
On Wednesday, December 1, WeWork Inc. [WE] announced they discovered a material weakness in their internal controls and would restate their financial statements to reflect the correct classification of redeemable shares. The company’s share price fell by 5.2% in after-hours … Continue reading