Discover how book building helps underwriters price IPOs effectively by gauging investor interest and demand. Learn why it's the preferred method over fixed pricing.

The book building method – an IPO price discovery method of stocks – has been resumed in a new shape after more than two years. Amid wide criticism from every corner for its flaws, the securities ...

The Review of Financial Studies, Vol. 17, No. 4 (Winter, 2004), pp. 1129-1166 (38 pages) We examine Japan's 1997 introduction of book building as an alternative to a previously required hybrid auction ...

Companies choose to raise funds through Initial Public Offerings (IPOs) for a number of reasons. For example, they allow companies to tap into a wide pool of liquidity that provides capital to fuel ...

The Securities and Exchange Board of India has decided to simplify the process of taking public companies private in India by permitting fixed-price delisting offers as an alternative to the existing ...