In this episode, Joe Mantone is joined by West Riggs, head of equity capital markets at Truist Securities, who discusses IPO activity in 2024 and the outlook for 2025. West also touches on interest rate cuts and how the U.S. elections tend to impact the market. More S&P Global Content: • ...

On this edition of the Pipeline, an S&P Global Market Intelligence podcast, we speak with Michael Mufson, managing partner of the investment banking firm Mufson Howe Hunter. Many of the deals Michael's firm works on involve private equity. The absence of private equity has been a big reason...

During recent earnings conference calls, executives from Evercore, Moelis and Lazard said interest rate cuts aren't the only driver that will push private equity firms to pursue transactions. The rise in private credit funds gives advisory-focused investment banks an opportunity to increase their...