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security ratings
Financial services; General Finance
Commercial rating agencies' assessment of the credit and investment risk of securities.
sweep account
Financial services; General Finance
Account providing that a bank invest all the excess available funds at the close of each business day for the firm.
specialist block purchase and sale
Financial services; General Finance
Purchase of a large number of securities by a specialist for himself or to pass on to another floor trader or block buyer.
tender offer premium
Financial services; General Finance
The premium offered above the current market price in a tender offer.
suitability rules
Financial services; General Finance
Policies and guidelines that brokers must use to ensure that investors have the financial means to assume risks that they wish to undertake. These are enforced by the NASD and other self-regulatory ...
Selling Syndicate
Financial services; General Finance
A group of underwriters that issues a firm's securities by buying them from the issuing firm and reselling them to a group of smaller brokerage firms for eventual sale to individual investors.
