
Market Disruption > Capital Markets
Growing capital markets in emerging economies are providing alternative sources of funds and opening up new markets for small companies
Growing capital markets in emerging economies are providing alternative sources of funds and opening up new markets for small companies
Illustrative Disruptions
- Public equity markets – Growth in stock markets outside of the United States including Europe and Asia provides new opportunities for listing public market equities
- Alternative sources of financing – New sources of potential capital are being opened up for companies such as sovereign investment and offshore funds
- Venture capital funding – Emerging centers of venture and private equity funding, such as China, Israel and India are decentralizing innovation by funding startups outside of traditional areas like Silicon Valley
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Total Green Bonds Issued UN Environment and Bloomberg data showed green bonds issued worldwide grew over ten times in five years from $15 billion in 2013 to $163 billion in 2017 September 6, 2018 |
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Regional Aggregated Venture Capital Value North America attracted highest venture capital financing in 2016 with value of $61 billion or 46% of total August 30, 2017 |
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Global Technology IPOs 2016 slowest year for technology IPOs over past six years, with 50 offerings generating $8.74 billion June 26, 2017 |
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Global Venture Capital Deals and Value Global venture capital (VC) market funded 9,717 deals valued at $134 billion in 2016, with value increasing 33% since 2013 June 25, 2017 |
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Venture Capital Funding of U.S. Startups Venture capital funding on U.S. startups dropped 20% to $59 billion in 2016 from $74 billion in 2015, with deals decreasing from over 5,500 to 4,800 April 23, 2017 |
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Saudi Arabia eased rules on foreign investors with goal of attracting external capital to stock market and diversifying economy January 12, 2018 |
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South Africa’s Strate planning blockchain-based shareholder electronic voting system in region’s capital markets based on Nasdaq technology November 29, 2017 |
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China’s securities regulator considers shortening IPO process to attract more companies and create more open financial market March 10, 2017 |
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Venture investment deals declined by almost 25% globally in 2016, with only Asia bucking the downtrend February 8, 2017 |
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More startups turn to debt as funds for capital amid slower investment activity and lower interest rates January 18, 2017 |