Initial Public Offerings: Sources of Information

Databases

Thomson ONE Banker
The best source for technical information on IPOs and other new equity and bond issues. Includes information on the underwriters, advisers, company financials and stock price 1 week, 1 month and 1 year after a security is issued. This resource makes it easy to generate lists of all IPOs in an industry over time. Covers 1970 to the present.
Off campus access requires use of NSIT's Virtual Private Network (VPN) software.

ABI/Inform
Articles on IPOs and equity markets. Includes the full text of Investor Dealers' Digest from 1991 to the present. IDD is a major source for news on IPOs.
Tip: Use advanced search and "Initial Public Offerings" as a subject to find the most relevant articles.

Business Source Complete
Articles on IPOs and equity markets. Includes the full text of Investor Dealers' Digest from 1997 to the present.

Tip: Use advanced search and "Going Public" as a subject to find the most relevant articles.

Free Web Sites

These are most useful for current information.

IPO Central from Hoover's

IPO Home
Information on upcoming IPOs as well as data on issues from the last 12 months.

Background Information

Books in Regenstein Library

• Initial public offerings : an international perspective, 2006
  Call Number: HG4028.S7 I55 2006
• The IPO decision : why and how companies go public, 2004
  Call Number: HG4028.S7 D73 2004
• Going public : the theory and evidence on how companies raise equity finance, 2001
  Call Number: HG4028.S7 J46 2001
• Investing in IPOs : new paths to profit with initial public offerings, 1999
  Call Number: HG4028.S7 T38 1999