# Professor Yakov Amihud shares his views on IPOs

1 Faculty News October 4, 2016 ![Institutional Investor logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_032206.jpg?itok=XtTdDJtV)>

Excerpt from [Institutional Investor](http://www.institutionalinvestor.com/article/3590988/banking-and-capital-markets-corporations/a-quiet-ipo-market-shows-signs-of-life.html?ArticleId=3590988) -- "IPOs aren't important in their own right; they're a way for companies to raise capital. Now companies can raise capital in alternative ways."

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