Law360, New York (April 11, 2016, 10:28 AM EDT) -- With economic fundamentals in the United States strengthening, initial public offering transaction activity through the first quarter of 2016 was at its lowest point since 2009. After a record number of IPOs in 2014, it didn't take long for the IPO market to collapse under the pressure of market volatility and a continued lack of investor confidence. Even a growing U.S. economy can't seem to create enough confidence to jump-start IPO transaction activity. As a point of reference, when the first quarter of 2014 ended, 81 companies had gone public. At the end of the first quarter of 2015, only 40 companies had gone public. In Q1 2016, there were no IPOs at all in January and just a trickle through February and March. In fact, at the close of Q1 2016, the IPO window has practically closed with only nine companies having gone public....
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