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Initial public offering
Referring to the process of transforming a private company into a public company by selling shares of its stock to the general public for the first time on a securities exchange.
Industry: Banking
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Initial public offering
participating underwriters
Banking; Initial public offering
One of the IPOfn Money Managers/Traders Package reports that lists all the underwriters that are acting as lead or co-manager of an offering. The report enables the subscriber to see not just the ...
penalty bid
Banking; Initial public offering
A syndicate manager's stabilizing bid which carries the provision that selling concessions will be withheld from, and a penalty will be assessed against, any syndicate members whose customers offer ...
pipeline
Banking; Initial public offering
A term referring to the new issues that are scheduled to come to market with some sort of tentative timing. Many deals may have filed to come to market but not all, at any one time, may have a ...
postponement
Banking; Initial public offering
When an offering that had a tentative calendar date is pushed back in timing to a later date. If market conditions deteriorate to the point when the deal may not be viable, the tentative calendar day ...
preliminary prospectus
Banking; Initial public offering
Often referred to as a 'red herring'. A prospectus printed with red print on the front page on the left margin which explains that the prospectus is incomplete. There may be several such filings for ...
price range
Banking; Initial public offering
The tentative minimum and maximum prices within which the IPO will probably be priced. This can be subject to upward and downward revisions as deemed necessary by both the underwriter and the issuer.
price revision
Banking; Initial public offering
Any change in the tentative price range of an offering. This occurs in 2 distinctly different market conditions. If IPO is in high demand, the underwriters will often times try to balance the ...
