Merits and Flaws

The only constant is change, and companies like Spotify, Palantir, and Slack have been at the forefront of change in public markets, as they eschewed the traditional IPO to take a direct listing route. This trend of disintermediation – cutting out the middle man and going straight to investors – will only increase going forward, but is it the right call for every company seeking to go public? In this Insight, David Blennerhassett breaks down alternative listing routes and examines the situation in Asia.