Tagged: nasdaq

October 23, 2015 @ 8:16 am By Midori Yoshimura  |  

Before Facebook’s IPO, there was SecondMarket: a leader in the secondary trading market, which enables repurchases of shares in private companies. SecondMarket’s platform saw over $1.4 billion worth of transactions in 2014–quadruple the volume of its transactions in 2013.  And today (Oct. 22), Nasdaq announced it had acquired… Read More

March 10, 2015 @ 2:48 pm By JD Alois  |  

In a broad ranging discussion on Capitol Hill today, the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs subcommittee addressed the issue of Venture Exchanges. Recently there has been a growing amount of discourse on the Hill, and within the offices of the SEC, regarding the propriety and… Read More

March 3, 2015 @ 11:14 pm By JD Alois  |  

Nasdaq CEO Bob Greifeld spoke briefly on CNBC today about the “institutional battle” between the NYSE and Nasdaq in regards to the number of IPOs.  For the record Nasdaq chalked up 189 for $22 billion raised in 2014 while the NYSE listed 129 for total… Read More

July 2, 2013 @ 7:50 pm By JD Alois  |  

David Weild, Former Vice Chairman of NASDAQ, Announced as Keynote Speaker for Crowdfunding Professional Association Industry Event The Crowdfunding Professional Association (CfPA), a trade organization for the crowdfunding industry, is pleased to announce that David Weild IV, renowned capital markets expert and former Vice Chairman… Read More