Tell us how you navigated this first half. Yeah, well, first of all, we're really proud of the overall performance of the business. So we had 12% revenue growth, 24% EPS growth, and it really was growth across all of our divisions.So as you know, we have our financial technology division, 10% growth there, really great momentum with our clients and the strategic capabilities we offer around risk management, anti fin crime, trade, infrastructure. And then we also had 9% growth in capital access platforms, wh ...

Look, one of the focuses has been M&A as an exit. How much are these aqua highs bringing numbers in terms for you on what is happening in Pitchbook data. M&A activity has been really interesting because a lot of startups are really leading this trend because of the RTS leadership hasn't really changed much in the media landscape. This has really led a lot of large startups to be the forefront of acquirers.But I think what's really interesting and what the biggest topic in Q2 was, was IPOs. IPOs did come bac ...

there's a sense, okay, we had the initial reaction, now we've kind of recovered, maybe people were overreacting and they we shouldn't take this threat too seriously. How does it fit in with everything else that's going on here. Yeah, I think we could look at the tariffs and the market's reaction uh as a bogey here, which is it went from, oh my god, where this is heading to until something becomes law and it's implemented, let's count it as noise, right.And uh the important thing here is that it's clear that ...

The revival in US IPOs and the return of the blank-check company are sparking interest in a long out of favor means for companies to go public: the direct listing https://t.co/B8Hmun3rFv ...

Market Value Projection - India's IPO boom could add $2 trillion (万亿) to $3 trillion (万亿) in market value over the next decade [1] Source - JM Financial projects the potential market value increase [1]

Cirsa’s trading will set the tone for European IPOs heading into the summer break, following the region’s slowest first half for offering volume in more than a decade https://t.co/ULKc3eO85S ...

Deal activity is picking up as investors ride the AI wave and markets hit fresh record highs, helping 2025 look like a boom year for IPOs and M&A. https://t.co/g2hSdVVBpi ...

RT Joe Weisenthal (@TheStalwart)This is really good from @matt_levine on tokenization.If we're totally cool with people trading equity in "private" companies, because it's on-chain, then eventually it seems possible that in the future we don't have IPOs or even standardized disclosure for any company at all. https://t.co/PdlK48fES4 ...

SPACs are again positioning themselves as an alternative to traditional IPOs for businesses that have been left out of the nascent recovery in first-time stock sales https://t.co/QiZ4TELOnB ...

Market Dynamics & Regulatory Landscape - Public markets have long been discussed for their benefits, but private markets also hold many companies, leading to the idea of public access to private markets [2] - The IPO market, once a primary way for companies to raise capital, has been overshadowed by robust private markets due to capital availability and impediments to being a public company [4][5] - The SEC aims to make IPOs more attractive by addressing red tape and impediments, with a focus on improving disclosure to make it more understandable and less driven by potential lawsuits [8][9] Investor Access & Protection - There's a debate on whether to make being a public company more attractive or to make private markets more accessible and transparent to the public [6] - The SEC will review rules regarding accredited investors, considering tweaking them due to investor demand for private products, while ensuring investors understand the risks involved [11] - Tokenization of assets, particularly private company shares like SpaceX, is seen as an innovation, but the SEC needs to provide clear regulations to foster innovation while ensuring investor protection [2][15][17] Innovation & Efficiency - The SEC aims to provide a firm regulatory foundation for innovation and new product development, moving away from regulation through enforcement [16][17] - Tokenization and other innovations can enhance trading and holding securities, potentially leading to quicker settlement times, building upon the move to T+1 settlement [18][19] - Digitization of securities and book entry, exemplified by the DTCC, was a significant advancement, and tokenization represents the next step towards greater market efficiency [20]