It may turn out to be a banner year for initial public offerings, led by popular messaging app Slack. Slack said this week it had registered for a direct listing of its stock on the public market.

(Reuters) - Slack Technologies Inc, a provider of chat and direct messaging services for businesses, has hired investment bank Goldman Sachs Group Inc to lead its initial public offering (IPO) next ...

Slack Technologies has filed paperwork for its direct listing on the stock market, setting it up to be the second major company to use the nontraditional method for an initial public offering. Wall ...