IPO Watch

It’s been an action-packed year for initial public offerings. This channel features updates on the latest IPOs of venture-backed companies hitting the market and interviews with insiders of the organizations entering the public arena.

Friday, May 10, 2019 - 06:51
Saudi sovereign fund invests indirectly in Arabian Centres IPO  Nasdaq

DUBAI, May 10- Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund, the kingdom's sovereign wealth fund, has indirectly invested in the $747 million initial public.

Friday, May 10, 2019 - 06:51
China Tariffs, Uber IPO, Viacom, Symantec and Wynn - 5 Things You Must Know  TheStreet

U.S. stock futures are down modestly after the U.S. increases tariffs on China-made goods; Uber's IPO is priced at $45 a share, near the bottom of the expected ...

Friday, May 10, 2019 - 06:51
SoftBank Group shares tumble as Uber prices IPO at lower end  Reuters

Shares in Japanese conglomerate SoftBank Group Corp tumbled 5.5% on Friday, a day after one of its biggest tech bets, Uber Technologies, priced its initial ...

Friday, May 10, 2019 - 06:51
Oil company Okea plans to raise $100 million in Oslo IPO  Reuters

Norwegian oil company Okea ASA will apply for a listing on the Oslo Stock Exchange and expects its shares to start trading by late June, the company said in a ...

Friday, May 10, 2019 - 06:51
Quartet of VC-backed biotech companies joins the IPO rush  PitchBook News & Analysis

Amid the noise of Uber's highly anticipated pricing Thursday, four VC-backed biotech companies quietly debuted in New York to mixed results. It is well-known ...

Friday, May 10, 2019 - 05:51
Liberty Oilfield Services (NYSE:LBRT) Receives a Higher Rating From BidaskScore. Is it Time to Buy Shares?  Invest Tribune

Shares of Liberty Oilfield Services (NYSE:LBRT) were boosted to a solid Sell rating by investment analysts working for BidaskScore. LBRT's previous rating has ...

Friday, May 10, 2019 - 05:51
AB InBev Asia files for Hong Kong IPO  Seeking Alpha

The Asia business of Anheuser-Busch InBev (BUD), which makes up 18% of group volume, has filed a draft prospectus for a Hong Kong IPO that could be ...

Friday, May 10, 2019 - 05:51
Jumia Technologies AG ADR(NYSE:JMIA): Recent IPO Jumia Technologies' (JMIA) shares plunge after Citron Research says they're a 'fraud'  StockNews.com

In 18 years of publishing, Citron has never seen such an obvious fraud as Jumia. As the media in the US is naively anointing Jumia the “Amazon of Africa”, the ...

Friday, May 10, 2019 - 05:51
Earningspalooza Highlights Q2 2019  Yahoo Finance

Happy earnings season! To celebrate the second quarterly Earningspalooza of 2019, host Chris Hill and Motley Fool analysts Andy Cross, Jason Moser, and ...

Friday, May 10, 2019 - 05:51
SoFi Doubles ETF Suite With Gig Economy, Growth Funds  Benzinga

SoFi, the online lender turned exchange traded funds issuer, doubled the size of its new ETF lineup Wednesday with the debuts of two new funds. SoFi's ...

Friday, May 10, 2019 - 05:51
CIBC's FirstCaribbean Bank officially withdraws $226 million US IPO  Nasdaq

FirstCaribbean International Bank, a CIBC-owned bank operating in Barbados, the Bahamas and the Cayman Islands, officially withdrew its plans for an.

Friday, May 10, 2019 - 05:50
Uber IPO Will Bring Plenty of Drama and Risk  Motley Fool

The ride-sharing juggernaut is set to go public on Friday. Here's everything prospective investors should know.

Friday, May 10, 2019 - 05:50
Luckin Coffee IPO: A Dangerous Brew for Investors?  Nasdaq

InvestorPlace - Stock Market News, Stock Advice & Trading TipsLuckin Coffee, which operates a chain of coffee locations across China, has filed.

Friday, May 10, 2019 - 05:50
Parsons Corporation Files Initial Registration Statement For U.S. IPO  Seeking Alpha

Parsons Corporation has filed to raise $100 million in an IPO although the final figure could be much higher. The firm provides a range of cybersecurity, intell.

Friday, May 10, 2019 - 05:15
Andrew Jackson of SooChow CSSD Capital Markets (Asia) discusses the impact of SoftBank's investment in Uber. He also says, if the merger with T-Mobile in the U.S. falls through, SoftBank's Sprint would incur huge capital expenditure on 5G networks and would be a "massive, massive headache."
Friday, May 10, 2019 - 05:15
Gene Munster of Loup Ventures says investors should be "particularly cautious" because of the large gap in valuation between Uber and Lyft.
Friday, May 10, 2019 - 05:15
*Float could be the biggest in Hong Kong this year. HONG KONG, May 10- The world's biggest brewer, Anheuser-Busch InBev, filed plans on Friday to spin off its Asian business via a Hong Kong initial public offering, in a deal which two sources with knowledge of the matter said could be worth at least $5 billion. The move comes as the Belgium- based giant is working to reduce...
Friday, May 10, 2019 - 05:09
How the U.S. Stole Hong Kong’s IPO Crown  Bloomberg

Hong Kong's stock exchange is poised to lose its crown as the world's leading IPO fundraising venue again, and this time there may be no easy way back.

Friday, May 10, 2019 - 02:31
OSLO, May 10- Norwegian oil company Okea ASA will apply for a listing at the Oslo Stock Exchange and expects its shares to start trading by late June, the company said in a statement on Friday. The company plans to raise about $100 million in the initial public offering in order to finance further expansion, while existing shareholders may sell some of their current...
Friday, May 10, 2019 - 02:31
Oliver Matthew of CLSA says Softbank's telecom business is well positioned to deal with competition and has been the "consistent innovator" in the Japanese market.
Friday, May 10, 2019 - 02:31
The odds are that Uber's stock will trade up because it priced its shares at the lower end of the target range, says David Williams of Williams Capital Advisors. He also says the price war between Uber and Lyft could get worse now that they have a "war chests" of cash.
Friday, May 10, 2019 - 02:31
SAN FRANCISCO, May 10- In 2015, Uber Technologies Inc went on a fundraising spree in China, tapping venture capitalists and state-backed corporations for cash and connections to try and navigate the Chinese regulatory environment. Uber ultimately pulled out of China, but the investors it gained in the country became part of a gallery of far-flung Uber...
Friday, May 10, 2019 - 02:31
*IPO could be the biggest listing in Hong Kong this year. HONG KONG, May 10- The Asia business of Anheuser-Busch InBev, the world's largest brewer, filed on Friday a draft prospectus for an initial public offering, which two sources with knowledge of the matter said could be worth at least $5 billion. Budweiser Brewing Company APAC Ltd, AB InBev's Asian business, did...
Friday, May 10, 2019 - 02:17
Cashing out in Uber's IPO: China, Russia and the Middle East  Reuters

In 2015, Uber Technologies Inc went on a fundraising spree in China, tapping venture capitalists and state-backed corporations for cash and connections to try ...

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