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short swing profits
Financial services; Private equity
A term used in reference to profits realised by insiders from buying and selling a company’s securities within a specified period. In the USA this period is six months, and any profits are subject to ...
short sale
Financial services; Private equity
Borrowing a security (or commodity futures contract) from a broker and selling it, with the understanding that it must later be bought back (hopefully at a lower price) and returned to the broker. ...
short form report
Financial services; Private equity
In the UK, the report on the accounting and financial history and position of an issuer by its auditors, normally based on its last three years’ published financial statements and reproduced in a ...
shell
Financial services; Private equity
The term ‘shell’ typically refers to a corporation that has been duly organized and is currently in existence, but that currently has no business operations.
shelf registration
Financial services; Private equity
(USA) A registration statement that covers securities that are not to be sold in a single offering immediately upon effectiveness, but rather are proposed to be sold over a period of time or on a ...
shark repellent
Financial services; Private equity
Defence mechanisms or tactics designed to discourage undesired takeover bids. See ‘Anti-Takeover Provisions’, ‘Blank Cheque Preferred Stock’, ‘Poison Pill,’ and ‘Staggered Board of ...
