Stock markets perform a creation function if the inflow of financial capital in the birth of new privately-held firms is stimulated by the promise of stock market liquidity at a later point in time. Junior stock market segments, characterized by lighter listing procedures and costs, may be...

Initial Public Offerings are, by definition, not seasoned securities. They have not been subjected to valuation by the community of investors. It is often difficult or impossible to forecast their future cash flows because most do not have a long history of publicly disclosed financial...

Die jüngere Vergangenheit zeugt von turbulenten Entwicklungen an den deutschen Aktienbörsen. Von einer aufkeimenden Aktienkultur, die ihr Vorbild in den USA sah, über Schwindel erregende Kursbewegungen, plötzlichen Reichtum aufgrund von hohen Aktienkursen, Insolvenzen, Kursbetrügereien bis...