Equities

Equities

IPO line Going Public

Get a clear idea of all the main steps in Going Public 

An IPO offers a world of opportunities: an enhanced public profile, accelerated growth and a more favourable competitive position. However, the step of going public must be prepared thoroughly. The IPO process starts long before the first day of trading. From the decision to go public until the initial listing, issuers must undergo a number of processes. Among other steps, these include: recruiting appropriate partners, assessment whether the requirements for going public are met through due diligence, elaborating the issuing concept and the equity story as well as setting up an efficient corporate organization.

We support you in optimally laying the foundations for your IPO – step by step from the first price determination on the trading floor of FWB® the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.

Regulated Market

For admission to listing in the Regulated Market, statutory EU-uniform requirements and follow-up obligations have to be met. At Frankfurter Wertpapierbörse you may choose between the General Standard and the Prime Standard, the sub segment with higher transparency requirements.

Open Market

The Open Market (Regulated Unofficial Market) is the segment where only marginal formal inclusion requirements and no follow-up obligations have to be met. In Open Market, there are national and international companies whose securities are included in trading in a simple and speedy manner.

Market Status XETR

XETR

The market status window is an indication regarding the current technical availability of the trading system. It indicates whether news board messages regarding current technical issues of the trading system have been published or will be published shortly.

Please find further information about incident handling in the Emergency Playbook published on the webpage under Data & Tech > Information Channels > Emergency procedures. Detailed information about incident communication, market re-opening procedures and best practices for order and trade reconciliation can be found in the chapters 4.2, 4.3 and 4.5, respectively. Concrete information for the respective incident will be published during the incident via newsboard message

We strongly recommend not to take any decisions based on the indications in the market status window but to always check the production news board for comprehensive information on an incident.

Emergency procedures

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