Practice of the Initial Public Offering IPO in the UK

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Initial Public Offering

S/F/101. Initial Public Offering - IPO

The paper examines the practice of Initial Public Offering (IPO) reviewing IPO requirements in the UK, the types of IPO, etc. The issues of setting IPO prices are addressed discussing examples of shares' under pricing.

P/F/438. Role of venture capitalists in IPO marketThe paper examines the issues of venture capital investments discussing the role of venture capitalists in affecting IPO (initial public offering) pricing, and reviewing the hypothesis on the correlation between the presence of venture capitalists in the IPO market and a reduction of information asymmetry.

P/F/426.Review of theories on initial public offeringThe paper examines the process of initial public offering (IPO) in a firm's life cycle reviewing literature on the concepts of under-pricing, information asymmetry, retained equity, venture capital equity, underwriting, auditor reputation, etc. Criticism of the signalling theory is provided.

C/E/110. FDI in emerging economies: the case of EECThe paper discusses the importance of inbound FDI for emerging economies. Among the considered benefits are economic growth, the growth of internal market, technological sipll -overs and access to cheap managerial know-how. The paper also considers the motivational forces that push and pull investors to stream their capitals into particular destinations and business areas.

S/F/36. IPO valuation and analysis This work presents classical analysis of the Initial Public Offering (IPO). First of all, the general financial position of the company and the quality of management are scrutinized. This is an important step in the analysis as it allows approaching the valuation step with all necessary adjustments made beforehand. Then the valuation process itself is conducted. The author uses post-IPO cash-flow analysis in order to allow for substantial reduction of debt due to the IPO. CAPM and WACC concepts are utilized to obtain the value of the company. However, this work is not only useful for IPO valuation. The author makes comprehensive analysis of benefits and disadvantages of the IPO. The role of the underwriter and qualities it has to possess are also discussed. Since there may exist the phenomenon of short-run overperformance and long-run underperformance, the analysis of stock market returns is accomplished. Finally, the appropriateness of different stock exchanges for different types of company is discussed. The paper will be useful for students doing comprehensive case-study of the IPO.

Emerging Markets

P/E/504. Emerging markets of China and IndiaThe paper examines the emerging markets of China and India using PEST analysis and the country risk assessment model, and comparing the features of both markets.

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