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IPO Alternatives: SPACs, Direct Listings & Private Market Investments

Featuring Kelly Rodriques

Oct 14, 2020 • 53 minutes

Essential

The Essential Conversation

IPO Alternatives: SPACs, Direct Listings & Private Market Investments

Kelly Rodriques speaks to Ash Bennington about the booming public market & why private companies are turning to SPACs and direct listings.

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Featuring Kelly Rodriques

Oct 14, 2020 • 53 minutes

What are the advantages and disadvantages of a company going public? Kelly Rodriques, CEO of Forge, an online trading platform that facilitates and brokers investments in shares of large private companies (so-called "pre-IPO" companies), speaks to Real Vision senior editor, Ash Bennington, about the booming public market and why private companies are turning to SPACs and direct listings instead of traditional IPOs. He also weighs in on how retail and accredited investors can gain access to private companies before going public and monetary policy's impact on the public market. Filmed October 9, 2020.

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The Essential Conversation is the world's premier financial-market-focused conversation series. The smartest people in markets, finance, economics, and business engage in deep-diving discussions about the global macro landscape, generating actionable takeaways that can help your decision-making process. Tune in to peer-to-peer conversations between the brightest minds in the investing world, and tune up your portfolio.

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