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Financial services
Related to any service provided by the finance industry, which encompasses a broad range of organisations that deal with the management of money.
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manipulation
Financial services; Private equity
The purchase or sale of securities designed to provoke a false sense of the trading activity in the security. Market manipulation is illegal in most jurisdictions.
managing underwriters
Financial services; Private equity
The underwriters whose names appear on the cover page of the prospectus, who assist the company in preparation of the prospectus and the road show, and who organise the syndicate ...
management buy-out (MBO)
Financial services; Private equity
A transaction in which the current operating managers of an existing company and the investors purchase that company or a business activity or range of products of that company.
management buy-in
Financial services; Private equity
A transaction in which a manager or management group from outside a company buys in to that company, often with the assistance of venture capital or private equity investors.
lookback option
Financial services; Private equity
Call or put option whose strike price is not determined until the option is exercised.
long form report
Financial services; Private equity
In the UK, a report jointly commissioned by the issuer and the sponsor that is customarily undertaken by the issuer’s accountants/auditors and reports extensively on the ...
going effective
Financial services; Private equity
(USA) The time at which the SEC declares a registration statement effective under the Securities Act of 1933, so that sales (not just offers) of the securities being registered ...
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