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Proskauer's Global Capital Markets Group presents the third annual IPO Study, a comprehensive analysis of U.S.-listed initial public offerings in 2015 and identification of three-year comparisons and trends of U.S.-listed initial public offerings over the same period.

Former Acting Chair and current SEC Commissioner Michael Piwowar began the dialogue, reiterating the importance of making public capital markets available to businesses.

According to a recent report by Wolters Kluwer, non-U.S. companies completing IPOs in the United States account for 21% of all U.S. IPOs in 2015, to date.

The IPO market in 2016 was abysmal, especially for the life sciences sector. Annual IPO proceeds fell to the lowest level since 2003.

Yesterday, the SEC posted, and declared immediately effective, a Nasdaq rule proposal that would modify the requirements related to waiver of the code of conduct in Listing Rules 5610 and IM-5610.

FINRA, Nasdaq, and NYSE published separate notices to alert their members about recent observations related to initial public offerings (IPOs) for certain small capitalization (small-cap)...

The House Committee on Financial Services met virtually on April 20, 2021 to consider legislation that, among other things

The FCA has published final notices for Carillion and its former CEO for breaches of the Listing Rules and the UK Market Abuse Regulation (MAR). The publication of the notices follows the withdrawal by the CEO...

Initial public offerings for technology companies had a slower year in 2015, particularly in the second half of the year, and the start of 2016 has basically seen a complete closing of the IPO window.

The SEC recently released proposed rules to adopt the incentive-based compensation clawback provisions under Section 954 of The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act...

The SEC recently proposed and solicited public comments on Regulation A+, which would amend and update Regulation A, an exemption for unregistered public offerings of securities in amounts up to $5 million, by creating a new two-tiered system.

According to Renaissance Capital, there were 273 IPOs that raised $85 billion of gross proceeds.

The EU Listing Act, approved by the EU Council on October 8, 2024, and entering into force on December 4, 2024, introduces key changes to the EU Prospectus Regulation, offering greater flexibility for issuers of debt securities, including exemptions from certain prospectus requirements, expanded disclosure options, and increased thresholds for prospectus exemptions.

Our prior studies served as a call to action that helped focus attention on the plight of capital formation that paved the way for the JOBS Act.

The SEC has granted petitions for review of Nasdaq's $5 million MVLS listing standard, keeping the controversial rule on hold while extending the review period for NYSE American's similar market capitalization requirement. Microcap companies trading near these thresholds face potential delisting consequences if these proposed rule changes are ultimately approved, making it critical to understand the compliance strategies and ongoing regulatory developments.

Foreign issuer IPOs have been increasing recently as foreign issuer activity continues to improve since a marked decline in 2011 and 2012.