Warrington in the News Articles: page 1

August has traditionally been a quieter time for initial public offerings as bankers head out of the office for summer vacations. But with the stock market and bitcoin climbing to record highs, those bankers are giving up their summer breaks so they can be a part of the hottest IPO market in four years.

“This year there is more activity than normal for an August, partly due to companies such as Bullish not wanting to delay, given the investor enthusiasm for anything crypto-related,” said Jay Ritter, a finance professor at University of Florida who tracks the new-issues market.

Management Communication Center Office Manager Robyn Crawford (MSE ’25) had her business Eden Books, an online romance and women’s fiction bookstore, was featured in a recent Forbes article about e-commerce businesses.

The shares of private equity-backed companies that have done recent initial public offerings are flailing as investors seek out riskier parts of the market. Jay Ritter, professor emeritus at the University of Florida, said that companies majority owned by buyout firms are “more aggressive at trying to get top dollar for the IPO rather than leave money on the table”.

Gen Z investors feel they’re missing out on a “generation-defining moment,” as high-growth tech powerhouses like OpenAI and SpaceX stay private—keeping life‑changing gains largely limited to wealthy venture capital insiders while retail investors remain locked out. Jay Ritter shares his insights.

Despite weak jobs data, GDP growth slowdown, the firing of the labor statistics chief, and sweeping new tariffs on nearly 70 countries—all occurring since last week and prompting recession warnings—the stock market showed little reaction to these significant economic and political developments. Jay Ritter comments.

This year’s cohort of new issues are popping on their first trading day, with some closing at more than double their IPO prices. Well-received IPOs tend to spawn other pops, University of Florida business professor Jay Ritter says.

Jack Kramer Term Associate Professor Michael Mayberry, Assistant Professor Scott Rane and Ph.D. student Eashwar Nagaraj investigate whether high-ranking IRS officials profit from private tax information by examining if their stock trades are associated with confidential tax-related data they receive from corporations during audits and enforcement activities. The study explores potential insider trading opportunities that arise because IRS interactions with firms remain private until companies disclose them in financial statements, creating an information gap that tax officials could potentially exploit.

It’s no secret that store-brand is usually cheaper than name-brand. Aldi is similar to Trader Joe’s, which rarely sells name-brand products. It’s likely cheaper to exclusively use products made by the company, rather than purchasing them. William R. Hough Faculty Fellow and Associate Professor Amy Pan shares insights.

A new study of 1,100 professionals by Instructional Associate Professor Anthony Coman found that while AI tools make managers’ emails more professional, regular use of medium to high levels of AI assistance undermines employee trust in their managers. The research, published in the International Journal of Business Communication, reveals a critical paradox where improved message quality comes at the cost of perceived sender trustworthiness.

In new research with Stanford Graduate School of Business professor Ilya Strebulaev, Blake Jackson, a Ph.D. candidate in finance at the University of Florida and visiting researcher at Stanford GSB, analyzed the educational backgrounds and investment performance of nearly 4,000 senior U.S. venture capitalists from 1996 to 2025. Their findings revealed that graduates from select MBA programs show clear advantages in VC investment performance.