Tim Keating has been a key opinion leader on microcaps for over a decade. Tim is the Chief Executive Officer of Keating Capital, Inc. and the Founder and President of Keating Investments, LLC. Previously, he held senior management positions in the Equity and Equity Derivatives departments of Bear Stearns, Nomura and Kidder, Peabody in both London and New York. He has dovetailed his experiences into launching Keating Capital (KIPO) in late 2011 as a funding vehicle for pre-IPO emerging growth companies. (Click the Play button below to Listen). Read More …
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MicroCapClub Interview with Tim Keating CEO of Keating Capital (KIPO)
Posted October 18, 2012 By Ian Cassel in Blog, Broadcasts, Interviews With | No Comments
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What’s Behind the Dramatic Decline in IPOs?
Posted October 10, 2012 By Ian Cassel in Blog, Question & Answer With | No Comments
I’m going to be interviewing Tim Keating, CEO of Keating Capital (KIPO), next week here on MicroCapClub. I met Tim earlier this year when I was visiting some microcap companies and investors in the Denver area. He recently wrote an article for FOXBusiness that talks about a recent report by Grant Thornton that concludes increasing tick sizes would jump-start the small IPO market (sub $50m). I thought the article was very thought provoking, so I’ve published it below. Read More …
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SEC Announces Advisory Committee Meeting To Discuss MicroCap Issues
Posted August 30, 2012 By Ian Cassel in Blog With | No Comments
The Securities and Exchange Commission this week announced that its Advisory Committee on Small and Emerging Companies (sub-$250m market cap) will hold its next meeting in San Francisco on September 7 to discuss market structure and disclosure rules among other issues affecting smaller companies. Read More … -
Prescience Investment Group Recommends Planet Payment (PLPM)
Posted June 23, 2012 By Ian Cassel in Blog, Companies Mentioned With | 1 Comment
Back in March I wrote this piece on Planet Payment (PLPM) after the company’s S1 filing got my attention. Whenever an illiquid micro cap tech stock files a registration statement with J.P. Morgan (JPM), William Blair & Company, Jefferies (JEF), Needham & Company, Oppenheimer & Co, and Canaccord Genuity on the cover, it grabs my attention. What are blue-chip banking powerhouses doing with this little micro cap company that most investors don’t even know exists? MicroCapClub member Prescience Investment Group followed suit this weekend by publicizing this research report below on Planet Payment. Read More …
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Could Liquidity Finally Return to MicroCaps?
Posted May 16, 2012 By Ian Cassel in Blog, Question & Answer With | 7 Comments
The pendulum has been swinging in the same direction for over a decade as it relates to more regulation and more expense for microcap companies. As fewer brokers allow investors to buy “penny stocks”, and even fewer of those even let you deposit a certificate, investors interest in investing in microcaps (open market and/or direct investments) has dried up over the years. I joke about it with other investors all the time, “It’s almost like there are only five of us in the market just buying and selling to each other”. Read More …
