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It’s a Big Year for Emerging Growth Companies

“It seems like a lot of companies have taken advantage of being an EGC,” says Reena Aggarwal, a professor of finance at Georgetown University and director of the Georgetown…

August 31, 2017

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Retail Investors Wait This Long to Dive Into IPOs

It’s hard for retail investors to get a slice of an IPO in the offering, as underwriters typically allocate only about 25% of the shares to retail, with the rest going to…

July 30, 2017

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Jay Jacobs Named Distinguished Global Fellow

Georgetown’s McDonough School of Business has appointed Jay Jacobs (MBA’98), outgoing president and managing director of PIMCO, as a Distinguished Global Fellow. He…

July 10, 2017

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Blue Apron’s Stock Falls Below IPO Price, But All Isn’t Lost

Typically, the underwriters on an offering work to stabilize the stock price, keeping it above or at least around its issue price. The underwriters tend to do this for a couple…

July 1, 2017

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Center for Financial Markets and Policy Hosts Financial Fraud Conference

The Georgetown Center for Financial Markets and Policy hosted a two-day conference, “Emerging Frauds in the Digital Age,” in partnership with the U.S. Department of…

June 28, 2017