What Is Happening to IPOs
Channel: World Economic Forum
Date: 2018-01-24

Fewer late stage start-ups are choosing to go to public market for capital, and turning to alternate forms of funding, from corporate venture capital to initial coin offerings. Can long-term thinking get a boost in this new business climate?

Dimensions to be addressed:
- New models of transparency and reporting
- Absence of quarterly earnings scrutiny
- Limited access to private markets

· Thomas Farley, President and Chief Executive Officer, NYSE, USA
· Anthony F. Fernandes, Group Chief Executive Officer, AirAsia, Malaysia
· William Ford, Chief Executive Officer, General Atlantic, USA
· Abidali Neemuchwala, Chief Executive Officer, Wipro, India
· Matthew Prince, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, CloudFlare, USA

Moderated by
· Zanny Minton Beddoes, Editor-in-Chief, The Economist, United Kingdom

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