Second Time A Charm: BATS To Float IPO

After a snarled first attempt failed, BATS  Global Markets Inc filed with regulators for an initial public offering on Wednesday, seeking $100 million in funding. BATS goes traditional route in its IPO offering On a day in which the Securities and Exchange Commission is reported to announce it is allowing a major West Coast technology company the ability to offer a new initial public offering using blockchain technilogy, BATS Global Markets, itself an electronic exchange, is having Morgan Stanley, Citigroup, BofA Merrill Lynch and J.P. Morgan underwrite the issue in a traditional fashion. Kansas City-based BATS, the second-largest U.S. equities…