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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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hard circle
Financial services; Private equity
Prospective purchasers of securities in a public offering, listed in the ‘book’ maintained by the lead managing underwriter, who are considered very likely to actually buy shares ...
gun-jumping
Financial services; Private equity
(USA) The offering of a security prior to the filing of a registration statement or during the registration process, or the publication of materials deemed to promote the sale of ...
greenmail
Financial services; Private equity
Acquiring a large block of a public company’s securities and threatening a takeover, tender offer, proxy fight, or other action for the purpose of inducing the company to ...
green shoe or shoe
Financial services; Private equity
Term for an underwriter’s over-allotment option. This name derives from the fact that the over-allotment option technique was first used in a public offering of the securities of ...
golden parachute
Financial services; Private equity
A contractual arrangement between a key employee and the company that provides for the payment of a large bonus or other payment to the employee upon the occurrence of certain ...
golden handcuffs
Financial services; Private equity
A method of insuring that key employees remain with the company for a certain period of time by granting the employees’ options or restricted shares of stock that vest over a ...
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