A global quest seems to be occurring to move company listings to the U.S. Seismic shifts lie ahead as European equity markets struggle to woo new capital and geopolitical turmoil leads to volatility in Asian markets, sparking a chaotic tango of liquidity and valuations. Wall Street has an old adage, “The trend is your friend.” That’s true. But you must be going in the same direction the market is heading.
The necessary once-a-year trip by international finance directors to visit current and potential investors in New York, Boston, Chicago, and Los Angeles, might now be more mandatory–and may have a different twist as discussions evolve beyond performance and strategy and into comparing the advantages of marketplace listings.
