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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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organisational meeting

Financial services; Private equity

In the public offering process, the first meeting after the underwriter or underwriters have been selected, attended by representatives of the issuer, the underwriters, their ...

organisational chart

Financial services; Private equity

A graphic representation of how authority and responsibility is distributed within a company or other organisation.

optionee

Financial services; Private equity

The holder of an option.

option

Financial services; Private equity

A contractual right to purchase or sell something (such as stock) at a future time or within a specified period at a specified price.

operating ratio

Financial services; Private equity

A company’s operating expenses divided by its operating revenues, or, more generally, any of a number of ratios measuring a company’s operating efficiency, such as sales to cost ...

opening price

Financial services; Private equity

The price at which a security trades at the beginning of a day or, in the case of an initial offering, at the commencement of its first day of trading.

open order

Financial services; Private equity

An order by a customer to a broker/dealer to buy or sell a security that remains in effect until either executed or cancelled by the customer.