The IPO year of Quest for Growth NV is 2001
Initial public offering is a type of public offering in which shares of a company usually are sold to institutional investors that in turn, sell to the general public, on a securities exchange, for the first time.
Through IPO a privately held company transforms into a public company. Initial public offerings are mostly used by companies to raise the expansion of capital, possibly to monetize the investments of early private investors, and to become publicly traded enterprises. A company selling shares is never required to repay the capital to its public investors. After the IPO, when shares trade freely in the open market, money passes between public investors.
Although IPO offers many advantages, there are also significant disadvantages, chief among these are the costs associated with the process and the requirement to disclose certain information that could prove helpful to competitors.
The IPO process is colloquially known as going public. Details of the proposed offering are disclosed to potential purchasers in the form of a lengthy document known as a prospectus. Most companies undertake an IPO with the assistance of an investment banking firm acting in the capacity of an underwriter. Underwriters provide several services, including help with correctly assessing the value of shares.
Quest for Growth Belgium is a mutual fund launched and managed by Quest Management NV. The fund makes its investments in listed and unlisted companies of Europe. It primarily invests in growth stocks of smaller capitalization companies and small and medium sized companies. The fund also invests in venture funds, and unquoted technology companies. It employs bottom-up stock picking approach along with fundamental analysis to make its investments. The fund invests in companies in software and services, technology hardware, semiconductors, health care equipment and services, pharma and biotech, electrical and engineering, and materials sectors. It was established in 1998 and is based in Leuven, Belgium.