DEBATE: Slack has gone public with a direct listing, but is this type of ‘non-IPO’ just a fad? Slack has gone public with a direct listing, but is this type of ‘non-IPO’ just a fad? Neil Wilson, chief market analyst at Markets.com, says YES. Direct listings can work, and you may well get superior price discovery, but they’re suitable only for a relatively small number of firms and will never replace the traditional [...]
