Flotation
Find out more about floating or listing companies on the stock market with our selection of articles, links and guides to help you identify best practice and useful resources.
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When do you go for an IPO?
The CEO of Pure Storage offers advice on timing a public offering, based on his own experience of IPOs. He also talks about the precedents set by Google and Facebook, who waited longer than most venture capital-backed companies.
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Guide to listing
A step-by-step guide to listing your company on the London Stock Exchange.
Online articles
The Library provides access to leading business, finance and management journals. These journals are available to logged-in ICAEW members, ACA students and other entitled users subject to suppliers' terms of use.
Useful links
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Initial public offerings
A collection of articles on IPOs from ICAEW's Corporate Finance Faculty.
Other resources
Raise finance: equity
Information from the London Stock Exchange outlining the listing process for companies considering an IPO. Includes a Guide to listing on the London Stock Exchange.
Floating on the stock market
Based on the archived guidance from Business Link, NI Business Info gives detailed guidance on the suitability of a business for flotation, the flotation process, the advantages and disadvantages of flotation, choosing the right market, appointing advisers and pricing.
Floating a company
Guidance from flotation consultants HollandBendelow. Includes a guide for companies considering floating on the Alternative Investments Market - The Essential Aim Stock Market Guide
Guide to executing a successful IPO
Guidance from the British Private Equity Venture Capital Association (BVCA) published in 2016.
Floating your company
Business guide from Atom Content Marketing's Money Donut.
Articles and books in the Library collection
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