The IPO of SunLife in 2000
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Analyzing Sunlife that had an initial public offering in 2000. Identify the IPO terms and answer the following questions:
1) Did this company need to go public to in order to meet its financial needs?
2) As an investor, would you have been willing to purchase the company's stock at the offering price? Why or why not?
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The 300 word solution, together with links, gives some history about SunLife including an opinion as to why the IPO was launched.
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After reading about the IPO and understanding the company's position in insurance in worldwide markets, I believe I understand why the company organized an IPO. Many insurance companies were mutual companies which meant that their policy holders were actually the owners of the company. As insurance companies expanded both their product lines and their entrance into foreign markets, the ability to make decisions with policy holders coupled with the inability to raise capital could have hampered aggressive expansion efforts.
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