Why the IPO market is so hot - Wall Street relocates to Florida - What s next for Betterment
Why the IPO market is so hot - Wall Street relocates to Florida - What s next for Betterment
Dan DeFrancescoDec 14, 2020, 17:25 IST
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Welcome back.
It s the last full week of the year, so it ll be interesting to see how much gets done before the markets slow down during the holidays.
One thing is for sure, the red-hot streak IPOs have been on should cool down a bit. The Wall Street Journal reported Saturday that Affirm was postponing its IPO, following in the steps of Roblox.
From Alex Morrell and Bradley Saacks:
Last spring, Coatue Management, a $25 billion hedge-fund giant, did something unusual: It made an appearance.
In the 20 years since its founding, the secretive, tech-focused investment manager has had a stellar track record under the billionaire Philippe Laffont. But the tiger cub usually demurred when it came to discussing business publicly.
In May 2019, though, two Coatue execs spoke for nearly 45 minutes to a crowd of data-science wonks at Domino Data Lab s Rev conference.
What compelled Coatue to pull back the curtain?
The firm had announced in an investor letter a few months earlier that it was raising several hundred million dollars to launch its first quant fund, an outgrowth of a data-science group that had been expanding under Izydorczyk. The firm boldly predicted that its team of 30 scientists and engineers would eventually reach 100.
Last spring,
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In the 20 years since its founding, the secretive, tech-focused investment manager has had a stellar track record under the billionaire Philippe Laffont. But the tiger cub usually demurred when it came to discussing business publicly.
In May 2019, though, two Coatue execs spoke for nearly 45 minutes to a crowd of data-science wonks at Domino Data Lab s Rev conference.
What compelled Coatue to pull back the curtain?
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The firm had announced in an investor letter a few months earlier that it was raising several hundred million dollars to launch its first quant fund, an outgrowth of a data-science group that had been expanding under Izydorczyk. The firm boldly predicted that its team of 30 scientists and engineers would eventually reach 100.
IPO frenzy goes into overdrive - Inside Coatue s short-lived quant fund - Blackstone TV
Meredith MazzilliDec 12, 2020, 21:02 IST
Blackstone cofounder and CEO Stephen Schwarzman.Reuters/Shannon Stapleton
Happy Saturday!
It was a wild week for IPOs. Now, one company is taking a time out. Roblox is delaying its initial public offering until next year after the video game maker decided it would be too difficult to price its shares, the
Wall Street Journal reported on Friday night.
We took a look at what s been driving the
IPO rush and enormous pops in early days of trading for big names like Airbnb and DoorDash. From Alex Morrell:
The Airbnb logo is displayed on the Nasdaq digital billboard in Times Square in New York on December 10, 2020. - Home-sharing giant Airbnb was set for its Wall Street debut Thursday with a whopping $47 billion valuation amid a feverish rush for new shares in companies adapting to lifestyle changes imposed by the coronavirus pandemic. (Photo by Kena Betancur / AFP) (Photo by KENA BETANCUR/AFP via Getty Images) KENA BETANCUR/AFP via Getty Images
From Dakin Campbell:
In April, just weeks after the raging coronavirus pandemic threatened to shut down the US economy, Silver Lake Partners and Sixth Street Partners made a bold bet.