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E-Trade Financial prices public stock offering
The struggling online brokerage and bank looks to raise capital to pull itself out from under mortgage-related loan losses.
E*Trade plans stock offer, debt exchange
Struggling online brokerage and bank E*Trade Financial Corp. is raising capital and exchanging debt as it tries to climb out from under mounting loan losses tied to souring mortgage investments.
IPO investors not sold on REITs that buy distressed mortgages
Despite troubling signs that investors aren't sold on new real estate investment trusts that plan to purchase distressed-mortgage assets — in many cases with the help of government financing — mutual fund managers still intend to take a close look at them.
Risks of Reg D deals worry state regulators
The collapse of two high-risk private placement deals over the summer has shed light on the process by…
Indie giant LPL execs load up on options
In a first, top executives with LPL Investment Holdings Inc. last week picked up hundreds of thousands of options to purchase the company's common stock — a move that has renewed speculation about a forthcoming initial public offering.
As stocks keep rallying, IPOs return
Eight companies are looking to raise as much as $3.7 billion when they go public next week, the most activity the U.S. IPO market has seen in a single week in nearly two years.
The IPO market finally appears to be heating up
The initial public offering market, which has already produced some high-quality returns from a short list of companies this year, could represent a real investment opportunity over the next few months as more companies line up to take advantage of the stock market's momentum.
IPO market awakened in second quarter
The initial public offering market came to life in the second quarter and is now expected to surpass the 43 deals that were done in 2008, according to Renaissance Capital LLC, a research and investment-management services firm in Greenwich, Conn.
Fidelity primes retail investors for IPOs
For the second time in two months, Fidelity Investments has unveiled an agreement with a Wall Street partner to sell initial public offerings and follow-on equity deals to customers of its retail-brokerage, correspondent-clearing and independent-adviser custody businesses.
Fidelity to sell shares of KKR IPOs
Mutual-fund giant Fidelity Investments and Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. have agreed to sell initial public offerings and other stock offerings from the private-equity firm's companies to Fidelity retail customers.
China stock regulator issues new draft IPO rules
China's securities regulator today issued new draft regulations on initial public offerings in a step toward a resumption of share listings.
Shares of Invesco fall after $400M stock offering
Shares of Invesco Ltd. fell today after an analyst wrote that the asset manager's public offering of $400 million in common stock could indicate its cash flow is tight.
Advisers are cautious on two real estate IPOs
Financial advisers are leery of an initial public offering of two new exchange traded trusts — which give retail investors easy access to residential real estate — that ends tomorrow.
IPO market stirs from ’08 slumber
The initial public offering market appears to be awakening from its slumber.
KKR to launch IPO
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. LP, the 32-year-old private equity firm, intends to list its company on the NYSE.
Invesco Agency files mortgage REIT IPO
The company invests in mortgage-backed securities that are backed by government-sponsored agencies.
IPOs drop significantly in last decade
Last year only 151 out of 566 IPOs that were added to the index were issued in the U.S., compared with 226 out of 519 IPOs in 1997.
IPOs founder on rocky economy
A record 83 companies around the world withdrew their IPOs in the first quarter, while 24 companies postponed their listings.
NYSE offers fast path for foreign IPOs
The campaign is directed at Chinese, Indian and Russian companies planning initial public offerings in the United States.
Visa makes boffo public debut
Visa Inc. made its debut on the NYSE after raising more than $17 billion in its initial public offering, according to published reports.
