The US securities market offer companies one of the richest sources of capital in the world as a result of their size, credibility and pool of enthusiastic investors. However, taking a company through a public offering on the US securities market is a major undertaking and presents complex...

This article discusses what accounts for the increasing popularity of the dual-class share structure (DCS) globally, and explains why the Deliveroo’s IPO in London underperformed as it might contravene the Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) investing principle

A recent innovation in equity markets is the introduction of market maker ser-vices paid for by the listed companies themselves. We investigate why firms arewilling to pay a cost to improve the secondary market liquidity of their shares. Weshow that a contributing factor in this decision is the...