Initial public offering

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.

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Initial public offering

due dilegence

Banking; Initial public offering

A process of verifying all information about a company including but not limited to financials, management, market share and risks.

effective date

Banking; Initial public offering

The day a newly registered security can be offered for sale.

equity pricings

Banking; Initial public offering

An IPOfn daily fax report that lists all new issues that have been officially priced for trading that day. Any deal which might tentatively be priced during the day, if known, is also included.

The physical location where brokers transact business for their clients. The principal ones are the NYSE (New York Stock Exchange), ASE (American Stock Exchange) and NASDAQ (National Association of ...

fast track

Banking; Initial public offering

An IPO that files a registration statement with the SEC and schedules an early series of roadshows for the institutional investors feeling that the offering will receive little if any comments from ...

week due

Banking; Initial public offering

The week a security is expected to officially be price and open for trading.

withdrawal

Banking; Initial public offering

When a company decides to not continue with its proposed offering of securities. The reasons for this can be numerous and don't always signify trouble with the proposed offering. This term in ...