IFR held its US ECM Roundtable on September 13 as stock market indices were nearing historic highs. Investors were showing greater resolve to chase performance by participating in ECM transactions not only in the public markets but in private as well. With all of the major US stock indices up on the year - Nasdaq up 17.4%, S&P 500 8.6%, and DJIA 5.8% -traditional IPO investors continued to look to private markets in order to outperform benchmarks.
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