Question

The IPO process involves several entities, such as the issuing company, institutional investors, brokers, lawyers, regulators, retail investors, and an intermediary company. Consider the following IPO deal:
In 1999, Goldman Sachs Group and its partners, Sumitomo Bank Capital Markets Inc. and Kamehameha Activities Association, raised $3.6 billion its initial public offering in the United States and Canada. Goldman Sachs & Co., Bear Stearns & Co. Inc., Credit Suisse First Corporation, Lehman Brothers Inc., and J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. became some of the U.S. representatives the deal by entering into an agreement to sell a certain number Of shares to potential investors at a predetermined.

Identify one of the underwriters in the IPO deal described above.
a. J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.
b. Kamehameha Activities Association

Answer 1

Answer:

The IPO Process

One of the underwriters in the IPO deal described above is.

a. J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.

Explanation:

J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. and the following underwriters, Goldman Sachs & Co., Bear Stearns & Co. Inc., Credit Suisse First Corporation, and Lehman Brothers Inc. was involved in the Initial Public Offering (IPO) in 1999, where $3.6 billion was raised in the United States and Canada.  An underwriter is a financial specialist, working closely with the issuing houses to determine the initial offering price of the securities.  The underwriters usually buy the securities from the issuer and then sell them to investors using its distribution network.