"Market volatility kept companies on the sidelines in the first half of 2022. Expectations for the second half of 2022 are slightly more optimistic with plenty of well-known names sitting on the sidelines as companies look for the market to find its footing and the IPO window to open."

Craig Clay, President, Donnelley Financial Solutions

"The Insider by DFIN" is a series of video interviews featuring the latest trends, topics and key perspectives on the global capital markets.

Join DFIN President and CEO Dan Leib as he shares his insights on DFIN’s transformation and future growth strategy in this special podcast edition of The Insider by DFIN.

Confluent is the data streaming platform that is pioneering a fundamentally new category of data infrastructure that sets data in motion. Their plans to go public became aligned with an unexpected disruption, stressing aggressive timelines, interrupting collaborative workflows, and complicating financial reporting.

Find out why Confluent chose DFIN as the one-stop-shop solution to help its dispersed staff manage and execute pre- and post-IPO requirements.

"The Insider by DFIN" is a series of video interviews featuring the latest trends, topics and key perspectives on the global capital markets.

Join DFIN President of Global Capital Markets Craig Clay as he shares his insights on impacts of current global events on public and private markets today.

"Activity from SPACs announcing their target was the highlight for May; the most active month for SPAC merger announcements this year with a total of nineteen. Market volatility continued to impact new IPO filings but amendments to IPO registration statements in May give us hope that companies including Fogo Hospitality, Claire's, Steinway, and Savers Value will start a Q3 IPO heatwave."

Craig Clay, President, Donnelley Financial Solutions

DFIN’s first quarter financial results, announced yesterday, indicate that our transformation into a software-centric company is shifting into high gear. Software sales represented 33% of total net sales in the quarter, the highest level in DFIN’s history. In addition, year-over-year sales growth for our software offerings was 15.8%, the fifth consecutive quarter of double-digit software sales growth.

LG Energy Solution is a pioneer in the future energy industry and committed to developing next-generation batteries for a greener and better world. They provide diverse energy solutions for electric vehicles, electric ships, drones and spacesuits, and have production capabilities across the world, including South Korea, China, the United States, and Poland.

Partnership brings clients the solutions needed to tackle the complex world of financial regulatory compliance

CHICAGO and MCLEAN, VA – April 4, 2022 - Donnelley Financial Solutions (NYSE: DFIN), a leading risk and compliance company, today announced a strategic partnership with CrossCountry Consulting, a leading business advisory firm, to offer a comprehensive suite of financial and governance services and tools for every stage in the IPO process.

The past 12 months have been a whirlwind of M&A activity & public debuts. As many companies prepared to go public and wrestled over whether to do a traditional IPO or merge with a SPAC, several public companies moved in the opposite direction. They announced they were going private.

In fact, some experts are now predicting that the flood of IPOs and SPACs will be replaced by a surge in companies leaving the public markets. Companies including our own clients Houghton Mifflin, Citrix, and MoneyGram have already chosen this option.