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Your Wealth

Understanding ipo's

Many of the biggest investment success stories in recent times have listed in the last several months. Australian IPOs outperformed the overall ASX by over 25% in the first three quarters of 2017*. For investors, however, the decision to buy stock in a company that has previously been private can be a challenging one.

Gemma Dale | nabtrade

09 January 2018 03:33 PM

21 min listen

Many of the biggest investment success stories in recent times have listed in the last several months. Australian IPOs outperformed the overall ASX by over 25% in the first three quarters of 2017*. For investors, however, the decision to buy stock in a company that has previously been private can be a challenging one.

In Understanding IPOs and Capital Raisings, Gemma Dale interviews Brett Grant, Head of Self Directed Investing, nabtrade about the pros and cons of initial public offerings and capital raisings, and covers such issues as:

how IPOs and capital raisings work
how to get access to new listings
where to find research on IPOs before they list
whether buying into an IPO is a better strategy than buying on market, and
some memorable lessons from Australia’s biggest IPOs.

* OnMarket Third Quarter IPO Report, October 2017

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About the Author

Gemma Dale , nabtrade

Gemma Dale is Director of SMSF and Investor Behaviour at nabtrade. She is the host of the Your Wealth podcast, a fortnightly podcast for investors, featuring insights and updates from markets and finance experts across a range of topics. She provides regular market and finance commentary on ausbiz and in other media including AFR, the Australian, ABC and commercial tv and radio. Gemma was previously the Head of SMSF Solutions for nab, and the Head of Technical Services for MLC, where she led a team of specialists providing advice to advisers and their clients on SMSF, super, tax, social security and aged care.