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The IPO Midyear Report 2026 breaks down 148 traditional IPOs over $250M priced from January 2025 to June 2026. Grouped by valuation, it benchmarks fees, underwriter spreads, auditors, board size, lock-ups, registration timing, and trading performance, so you can plan against real peer data.
This guide explores the various market entry options, and how that choice shapes costs, timelines, and regulatory obligations, as well as long-term investor perception and the company’s future growth trajectory.
CFOs at high-growth companies are caught between vendor promises of "autonomous compliance" and the reality of what AI can actually deliver in SOX environments today. This Connor Group perspective cuts through the hype to provide a practical roadmap for finance leaders navigating rising audit expectations with leaner teams and increasingly complex systems. This guide addresses a fundamental challenge: SOX's non-prescriptive, judgment-based nature makes it inherently resistant to plug-and-play AI solutions. Unlike rules-based compliance frameworks, SOX requires deep contextual understanding of how controls actually operate—knowledge that today's AI tools simply don't possess.
A fundamental shift in financial reporting will reshape how companies present their performance to the world. The FASB has issued (ASU) 2024-03, a new standard focused on the Disaggregation of Income Statement Expenses (DISE). The complexity of reconfiguring data capture and reporting systems means that proactive planning is essential to avoid costly disruptions and compliance failures down the line. In this detailed analysis, we unpack exactly what the new standard requires and provide a strategic guide to navigate the transition smoothly.
GenAI Governance Framework 2.0 addresses the unique challenges posed by GenAI, which creates entirely new information and introduces novel risks. The framework serves as an up-to-date practical guide for leaders seeking to confidently implement AI technology while maintaining responsible governance and risk management practices across all types of organizations.
An Initial Public Offering (IPO) marks a company's pivotal transition from private to public ownership, providing access to capital markets and enhanced brand visibility. It is an intricate and demanding process requiring meticulous preparation and a strategy built on transparency and discipline. Long-term success depends on thorough readiness preparation.
Internal controls are often viewed in binary terms – either you have them, or you don’t. However, the reality is far more complex, with controls existing on a graduated scale of effectiveness and integration, particularly when looking ahead to the public markets.
Moving from SOX 404(a) to 404(b) can be challenging, but with a structured approach, companies can meet regulatory expectations while enhancing operational efficiency. Know the obstacles, and the actionable steps to ensure smooth and successful adoption.
The right-sized finance team ensures smooth operations, accurate reporting, and strategic financial planning that drives business success. Read about the essential data points and frameworks you need to determine your optimal finance team size.
Companies preparing for an IPO face intensified scrutiny, making proactive management of accounting complexities and technical details absolutely crucial. Failure to properly address these areas can force companies to withdraw their IPO entirely. To mitigate these significant risks, companies must conduct thorough technical analyses in six essential accounting areas before going public
Outsourced processes don’t mean outsourced responsibility. Learn how to effectively manage third-party risks and ensure the integrity of your financial data.
The intricacies of revenue recognition can be complex and confusing. One of the biggest challenges is understanding ASC 606. Let’s examine common misconceptions about revenue recognition, as well as the realities and strategies to mitigate potential issues.
In Connor Group’s latest AI Adoption Survey, we surveyed 146 professionals from various company sizes and industries, including 43 executive leaders, to understand how finance, accounting, IT, and compliance teams are leveraging (or not leveraging) AI to their advantage.
This article identifies seven essential habits that can significantly enhance your team’s close process. By incorporating these practices, you can transform your approach.
Connor Group is a specialized professional services firm of Big 4 alumni and industry executives. We help financial executives with their most complex and significant matters.
In Connor Group’s AI Adoption Survey, we surveyed 110 professionals from various company sizes and industries, including 37 executive leaders, to understand how finance, accounting, IT, and compliance teams are leveraging (or not leveraging) AI to their advantage.
In this guide, we’ll explore the essential steps in selecting, managing, and leveraging KPIs tailored to your company’s unique objectives, industry standards, and investor expectations.
As financial executives and CFOs, the importance of robust cybersecurity measures cannot be overstated. Learn more about safeguarding your organization’s financial assets, intellectual assets, and reputation.
In this webinar, Lee Berliner from Connor Group, Mike Lemus from DFIN, and Frank Vukovits from Fastpath highlight the most common areas where controls are needed to meet current or future compliancy needs.
A Strategic Guide for Finance and IT Executives
This webinar will explore the guidance in Topic ASC 230, Statement of Cash Flows, to ensure proper presentation of cash flow activities including a discussion on common issues financial statement prepares face when preparing the statement of cash flows.
You have decided your financial statements will need to be audited under PCAOB standards. Not only will your auditors have more work to do, but your financial statements will require additional disclosures. Connor Group experts explore the best practices for preparing financial statements, including incremental disclosures that are needed for compliance with SEC standards.
Selecting the Right KPIs for Public Companies
Part two of this webinar series, explores the financial statement requirements when going public, how the filing requirement change based on the filing status, and the common accounting issues first-time filers face and how to avoid them.
Connor Group experts Russ Higgins, Laura Stephens, and Catherine Gilliam take you through the key differentiators between an IPO and SPAC, the elements of an IPO Journey, and what IPO readiness truly means.
Connor Group experts delve into the basics of the ASC 326 standard, the different implementation methods, and the impact of adopting the standard.
Empowering Business for Finance and Operations Decisions
The Art of Forecasting
How High-Growth Companies Leverage Leading Practices to Reach their Maximum Potential
Control and Compliance for High-Growth Companies
How Connor Group can Help Sell your Business
The Importance of Performing Financial Due Diligence on a Hockey Stick Growth Curve
Creating an accurate, reliable, and timely close for high-growth companies
Powering Technology Modernization for Finance and Operations
Technical Accounting in Simple Terms
Our expert Dominick Kerr joins Trullion to explore the challenges teams face when accounting for complex transactions such as leases and revenue contracts.
Connor Group expert Jason Pikoos joins NetSuite's Lisa Robinson to cover the hot topics related to auditing, compliance, reporting, and third-party risk management considerations to get your company IPO-ready.
Connor Group expert Blake Collins joins Becca Smith from NetGain to share the need-to-knows around ASC 842, including dates you should be aware of, common applications, and pitfalls to avoid.
In part two of our Divestiture and Carve-Out series, our Connor Group experts take you through the fundamentals of post-transaction close accounting and reporting considerations.
In part two of our Carve-Out and Divestitures series, our Connor Group experts take you through the fundamentals of post-transaction close accounting and reporting considerations.
Join Connor Group expert Corey Saunders and Persefoni’s EVP of Global Markets, Keith Denham to find out how carbon accounting compares and differs from financial accounting.
Join our experts, as they explore the accounting considerations for collaboration agreements under ASC 606 and the requirements and determinations under ASC 808.
Join Connor Group expert David McGuire, to explore how to future-proof your organization by investing in the systems, processes, teams and controls you need to elevate your finance department.
In this webinar, our experts provide an overview and update on the SEC’s proposed climate-related reporting and disclosure standards.
This webinar highlights the most complex areas of the guidance, the alternatives for private companies, what to consider if you plan to go public, and the best practices for performing evaluations.
In this session, our experts will explore what constitutes a share-based modification, the most common types of modifications, the implication of frequent modifications, and detailed example scenarios to help illustrate the accounting process.
In part three of the ACS 842 Leasing webinar series, our experts explore subsequent lease measurement, modifications and re-measurement, and impairments and terminations.
In part two of the ACS 842 Leasing webinar series, our experts explore lease identification criteria, the types of lease classification, and the initial measurement considerations.
In session one of this three-part webinar series, our experts takes you through the fundamental pieces of ASC 842, what you need to know to ensure you are in compliance, and the key elements for continued success post-adoption.
In this final session our ASC 606 revenue recognition expert Jesse Fillerup explores the specifics of steps four and five in the ASC 606 framework.
In this session, our ASC 606 revenue recognition expert Jesse Fillerup takes you through the specifics of steps two and three in the ASC 606 framework.
In session one off this three-part webinar series, our expert Jesse Fillerup explores the background of ASC 606 and the overall five-step framework”
The IPO Midyear Report 2026 breaks down 148 traditional IPOs over $250M priced from January 2025 to June 2026. Grouped by valuation, it benchmarks fees, underwriter spreads, auditors, board size, lock-ups, registration timing, and trading performance, so you can plan against real peer data.
This guide explores the various market entry options, and how that choice shapes costs, timelines, and regulatory obligations, as well as long-term investor perception and the company’s future growth trajectory.
An Initial Public Offering (IPO) marks a company's pivotal transition from private to public ownership, providing access to capital markets and enhanced brand visibility. It is an intricate and demanding process requiring meticulous preparation and a strategy built on transparency and discipline. Long-term success depends on thorough readiness preparation.
Internal controls are often viewed in binary terms – either you have them, or you don’t. However, the reality is far more complex, with controls existing on a graduated scale of effectiveness and integration, particularly when looking ahead to the public markets.
Companies preparing for an IPO face intensified scrutiny, making proactive management of accounting complexities and technical details absolutely crucial. Failure to properly address these areas can force companies to withdraw their IPO entirely. To mitigate these significant risks, companies must conduct thorough technical analyses in six essential accounting areas before going public
Connor Group is a specialized professional services firm of Big 4 alumni and industry executives. We help financial executives with their most complex and significant matters.
In this guide, we’ll explore the essential steps in selecting, managing, and leveraging KPIs tailored to your company’s unique objectives, industry standards, and investor expectations.
Selecting the Right KPIs for Public Companies
Part two of this webinar series, explores the financial statement requirements when going public, how the filing requirement change based on the filing status, and the common accounting issues first-time filers face and how to avoid them.
Connor Group experts Russ Higgins, Laura Stephens, and Catherine Gilliam take you through the key differentiators between an IPO and SPAC, the elements of an IPO Journey, and what IPO readiness truly means.
Connor Group expert Jason Pikoos joins NetSuite's Lisa Robinson to cover the hot topics related to auditing, compliance, reporting, and third-party risk management considerations to get your company IPO-ready.
CFOs at high-growth companies are caught between vendor promises of "autonomous compliance" and the reality of what AI can actually deliver in SOX environments today. This Connor Group perspective cuts through the hype to provide a practical roadmap for finance leaders navigating rising audit expectations with leaner teams and increasingly complex systems. This guide addresses a fundamental challenge: SOX's non-prescriptive, judgment-based nature makes it inherently resistant to plug-and-play AI solutions. Unlike rules-based compliance frameworks, SOX requires deep contextual understanding of how controls actually operate—knowledge that today's AI tools simply don't possess.
GenAI Governance Framework 2.0 addresses the unique challenges posed by GenAI, which creates entirely new information and introduces novel risks. The framework serves as an up-to-date practical guide for leaders seeking to confidently implement AI technology while maintaining responsible governance and risk management practices across all types of organizations.
In Connor Group’s latest AI Adoption Survey, we surveyed 146 professionals from various company sizes and industries, including 43 executive leaders, to understand how finance, accounting, IT, and compliance teams are leveraging (or not leveraging) AI to their advantage.
Connor Group is a specialized professional services firm of Big 4 alumni and industry executives. We help financial executives with their most complex and significant matters.
In Connor Group’s AI Adoption Survey, we surveyed 110 professionals from various company sizes and industries, including 37 executive leaders, to understand how finance, accounting, IT, and compliance teams are leveraging (or not leveraging) AI to their advantage.
A Strategic Guide for Finance and IT Executives
Empowering Business for Finance and Operations Decisions
Powering Technology Modernization for Finance and Operations
A fundamental shift in financial reporting will reshape how companies present their performance to the world. The FASB has issued (ASU) 2024-03, a new standard focused on the Disaggregation of Income Statement Expenses (DISE). The complexity of reconfiguring data capture and reporting systems means that proactive planning is essential to avoid costly disruptions and compliance failures down the line. In this detailed analysis, we unpack exactly what the new standard requires and provide a strategic guide to navigate the transition smoothly.
The intricacies of revenue recognition can be complex and confusing. One of the biggest challenges is understanding ASC 606. Let’s examine common misconceptions about revenue recognition, as well as the realities and strategies to mitigate potential issues.
Connor Group is a specialized professional services firm of Big 4 alumni and industry executives. We help financial executives with their most complex and significant matters.
This webinar will explore the guidance in Topic ASC 230, Statement of Cash Flows, to ensure proper presentation of cash flow activities including a discussion on common issues financial statement prepares face when preparing the statement of cash flows.
You have decided your financial statements will need to be audited under PCAOB standards. Not only will your auditors have more work to do, but your financial statements will require additional disclosures. Connor Group experts explore the best practices for preparing financial statements, including incremental disclosures that are needed for compliance with SEC standards.
Connor Group experts delve into the basics of the ASC 326 standard, the different implementation methods, and the impact of adopting the standard.
Technical Accounting in Simple Terms
Our expert Dominick Kerr joins Trullion to explore the challenges teams face when accounting for complex transactions such as leases and revenue contracts.
Connor Group expert Blake Collins joins Becca Smith from NetGain to share the need-to-knows around ASC 842, including dates you should be aware of, common applications, and pitfalls to avoid.
In part two of our Divestiture and Carve-Out series, our Connor Group experts take you through the fundamentals of post-transaction close accounting and reporting considerations.
In part two of our Carve-Out and Divestitures series, our Connor Group experts take you through the fundamentals of post-transaction close accounting and reporting considerations.
Join our experts, as they explore the accounting considerations for collaboration agreements under ASC 606 and the requirements and determinations under ASC 808.
This webinar highlights the most complex areas of the guidance, the alternatives for private companies, what to consider if you plan to go public, and the best practices for performing evaluations.
In this session, our experts will explore what constitutes a share-based modification, the most common types of modifications, the implication of frequent modifications, and detailed example scenarios to help illustrate the accounting process.
In part three of the ACS 842 Leasing webinar series, our experts explore subsequent lease measurement, modifications and re-measurement, and impairments and terminations.
In part two of the ACS 842 Leasing webinar series, our experts explore lease identification criteria, the types of lease classification, and the initial measurement considerations.
In session one of this three-part webinar series, our experts takes you through the fundamental pieces of ASC 842, what you need to know to ensure you are in compliance, and the key elements for continued success post-adoption.
In this final session our ASC 606 revenue recognition expert Jesse Fillerup explores the specifics of steps four and five in the ASC 606 framework.
In this session, our ASC 606 revenue recognition expert Jesse Fillerup takes you through the specifics of steps two and three in the ASC 606 framework.
In session one off this three-part webinar series, our expert Jesse Fillerup explores the background of ASC 606 and the overall five-step framework”
Outsourced processes don’t mean outsourced responsibility. Learn how to effectively manage third-party risks and ensure the integrity of your financial data.
This article identifies seven essential habits that can significantly enhance your team’s close process. By incorporating these practices, you can transform your approach.
Connor Group is a specialized professional services firm of Big 4 alumni and industry executives. We help financial executives with their most complex and significant matters.
In this webinar, Lee Berliner from Connor Group, Mike Lemus from DFIN, and Frank Vukovits from Fastpath highlight the most common areas where controls are needed to meet current or future compliancy needs.
How High-Growth Companies Leverage Leading Practices to Reach their Maximum Potential
Creating an accurate, reliable, and timely close for high-growth companies
Join Connor Group expert David McGuire, to explore how to future-proof your organization by investing in the systems, processes, teams and controls you need to elevate your finance department.
Moving from SOX 404(a) to 404(b) can be challenging, but with a structured approach, companies can meet regulatory expectations while enhancing operational efficiency. Know the obstacles, and the actionable steps to ensure smooth and successful adoption.
The right-sized finance team ensures smooth operations, accurate reporting, and strategic financial planning that drives business success. Read about the essential data points and frameworks you need to determine your optimal finance team size.
Connor Group is a specialized professional services firm of Big 4 alumni and industry executives. We help financial executives with their most complex and significant matters.
As financial executives and CFOs, the importance of robust cybersecurity measures cannot be overstated. Learn more about safeguarding your organization’s financial assets, intellectual assets, and reputation.
How High-Growth Companies Leverage Leading Practices to Reach their Maximum Potential
Control and Compliance for High-Growth Companies
Join Connor Group expert Corey Saunders and Persefoni’s EVP of Global Markets, Keith Denham to find out how carbon accounting compares and differs from financial accounting.
In this webinar, our experts provide an overview and update on the SEC’s proposed climate-related reporting and disclosure standards.
Connor Group is a specialized professional services firm of Big 4 alumni and industry executives. We help financial executives with their most complex and significant matters.
The Art of Forecasting
How Connor Group can Help Sell your Business
The Importance of Performing Financial Due Diligence on a Hockey Stick Growth Curve
