The Underlying Issues with SPACs
SPACs – or Special Purpose Acquisition Companies – have become a popular alternative to raising money via a traditional IPO, despite serious flaws with the way they are conducted.
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New ASX Listing M3 Mining in Experienced Hands
Experienced mining executives Russell Davis and Simon Eley are backing newly listed ASX company M3 Mining, which has promising gold/copper exploration assets in Western Australia.
Read MoreTough Love Shown for PEXA on ASX Debut
A rough start to life as a separately listed entity for PEXA yesterday, as shares in the online property conveyancing company traded for the first time on the ASX.
Read MoreLink Lightens PEXA Holding Ahead of IPO
Link Administration Holdings has agreed to give up more of its partly-owned PEXA property conveyancing business ahead of its ASX listing, which happens this Thursday.
Read MoreChina Halts Ant Group’s Monster IPO
Chinese market regulators have shocked investors by stopping the float of Ant Financial two days before the $US37 billion IPO was to happen on Hong Kong and Shanghai markets.
Read MoreTesoro Resources: Emerging Precious Metals Developer Focused On Chile
Perth based resources company Tesoro Resources (TSO) will list today after spending 3 years and $3m on early exploration at El Zorro and other assets in Chile. 16 Diamond Holes have been previously drilled and all were mineralised, indicating the gold mineralisation goes from surface to 200m.
Read MoreA Year In Review: How Did 2016 Go For New Floats?
More than ever, that depends who you talk to, even though the real answer is “pretty well”.
Read More1 Year Of Opening Up IPO’s To All Investors
Just over a year ago the newly installed Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull helped launch OnMarket’s mobile phone app for individuals looking to buy into IPOs.
Read MoreLocking The Public Out Of IPOs
It’s a weird situation out there at the moment for individuals who invest in new sharemarket floats, with the floats themselves going very well but with the prospect of a change in ASX’s listing rules coming down the pipe that could make life harder for them.
Read More5 Questions To Ask When You Are Shown An IPO Prospectus
It’s important to figure out whether a company that is about to list is a good investment proposition. Here are five questions to ask when you are presented with a Prospectus.
Read MoreWhy Investing In Every IPO Is A Great Strategy
There’s something about being offered access to an IPO that might remind you of taking your first dive into a swimming pool. Is it going to be cold? Are you going to flail then drop like a rock to the bottom of the pool and become an unfortunate statistic?
Read MoreBigger Is Not Always Better
One of the classic investing maxims is that bigger is better. When it comes to some kinds of investing, the reverse can sometimes be true.
Read MoreThe Best Performing Sector In The Market?
New sharemarket floats in Australia enjoyed an average price increase of almost 34 per cent in the second quarter of 2016, according to new research from the IPO access portal OnMarket.
Read MoreASX IPO Rule Changes – are retail investors to be worse off?
Industry experts have their say on what the proposed ASX IPO rule changes mean for retail investors. Will retail investors be better off or worse off as a result? Have your say by voicing your opinion.
Read MoreDon’t Be Put Off By Tech Floats As Long As You Understand What They Do
If you’re not looking at putting some money to work in the crop of new mainly tech-based IPOs coming onto the market, you are passing up what could be a significant opportunity.
Read MoreWhy You Shouldn’t Believe Everything You Read About IPOs
“ASIC cracks whip on IPO hopefuls” was one recent headline in the Australian Financial Review, on the same day (April 19) that a story in another part of the newspaper carried the headline “Investors warned to be wary of overpriced floats.”
Read MoreWhy Do New Floats Outperform?
Companies that joined the ASX lists in the first quarter returned considerably more than the Top 200 companies.
Read MorePrivate Equity Exits: To Invest or Not To Invest?
Following my article arguing Why You Should Be Investing In IPOs, one astute ShareCafe reader responded with the following question: “If I buy shares in an IPO that represents an exit by a private equity group, will I be comprehensively done over?”
Read MoreWhy You Should Be Investing In IPOs
For a nation of 24 million allegedly adventurous humans, Australians are surprisingly cagey about investing in IPOs. Why?
Read MoreWelcome To The Future Of Investing
It’s usually hard to identify which particular financial sector innovation represents a game changer or even a significant milestone, but the creation of a technology that allows you to bid directly for stock in an Initial Public Offering (IPO) from your phone has to stake a solid claim.
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