Private equity

Private equity

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Placement agent

Financial services; Private equity

A person or entity that acts as an agent for the issuer in privately placing securities, typically a broker/dealer.

(USA) Pinksheets LLC is a privately owned company based in New York that provides broker/dealers, issuers, and investors with electronic and print products and information (including quotes) relating ...

Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (also ‘1934 Act’ o

Financial services; Private equity

(USA) A federal law that regulates stock markets, trading in stock markets, and on-going disclosure by public companies traded on those stock markets.

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

Financial services; Private equity

(USA) The primary USA federal regulatory agency for the securities industry, whose responsibility is to promote full disclosure and to protect investors against fraudulent and manipulative practises ...

Pari passu

Financial services; Private equity

Equably, rateably, without preference. Generally used in the USA to describe securities that are to be treated as being of equal priority or preference.

Par

Financial services; Private equity

The nominal amount assigned to a security by the issuer. For an equity security in the USA, par is usually a very small amount that no longer bears any relationship to its market price, except for ...