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World’s Best Investment Banks 2025: Regional Winners

Global Finance

The top five IPOs by valuation in 2024 were Lineage on the Nasdaq ($5.1 billion (about $464 million) IPO for discount grocery retailer Boxer. IPOs, however, are enjoying a surge. Theyre up 44% across the globe, 144% in the US, 137% in Japan, and 255% in the Middle East and Africa. In Europe, IPOs are down 19%.

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SoftBank Takes Another Run At Acquiring Uber Stake

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The ride-sharing company has been hit with scandals, federal inquiries and lawsuits, including one brought against its former CEO, Travis Kalanick, by Benchmark, one of Uber’s early investors. Uber is also expected to sell some new shares at a valuation that would preserve (at least on paper) its approximate $70 billion valuation.

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Instant Satisfaction

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US Treasuries and stock index futures, for example, can be traded at any time from Monday to Friday; retail traders are increasingly using platforms like Robinhood for 24-hour weekday access to US stocks; and the New York Stock Exchange—for the first time ever—is expressing interest in a 24/7 bourse.

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FirstCaribbean Wants $100M In US IPO

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The bank offers corporate banking, retail banking, treasury management, capital markets, credit cards and wealth management services in a range of consumer and corporate offerings. Spotify is readying to float in a matter of days, with reports in Reuters estimating the company’s valuation at about $19 billion. The bank is 91.7

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1stdibs Notches $76M In Funding Round

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Other participating investors included prior backers Benchmark, Spark Capital and Index Ventures, according to reports. The company now reportedly has a valuation of more than $500 million and has taken in $170 million in venture capital funding. investments. However, the company doesn’t speak to only one audience with its content.

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Online Styling Company Stitch Fix Might Be Considering IPO

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While the company hasn’t hit $1 billion in revenue yet, it has raised about $46 million in venture capital from backers including Benchmark Capital and Lightspeed Venture Partners. The company’s most recent valuation was $300 million, and it has annual sales of more than $500 million.

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At the Money: Benefits of Quantitative Investing

Barry Ritholtz

For example, you can see what’s the biggest drawdown, how long did it last, how long and how often did a strategy beat its benchmark, and by what magnitude. Barry Ritholtz : So let’s break that into two halves, starting with valuation. Explain why P/E isn’t the best way to measure valuation.