Private equity

Private equity

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Venture capital

Financial services; Private equity

Originally financing provided for new higher risk ventures such as start-up companies. Over time, the term has expanded to also include investment in management buy-outs and other situations in which ...

Vendor placing

Financial services; Private equity

In the UK, a placing of securities in a publicly traded company that have been issued to the vendors of a company or business that is simultaneously being acquired by the issuer, where the vendors ...

Waiting period

Financial services; Private equity

(USA) The period of time between the filing of a registration statement with the SEC and the time when it is declared effective. See 'Cooling-off Period', 'Gun-Jumping' and 'Quiet Period'.

Vesting (stock, options and warrants)

Financial services; Private equity

The time at which a right to purchase securities becomes unconditional. Over a period of time an employee of a company earns rights to receive benefits (e.g., stock) as a result of that employment, ...

Voting trust

Financial services; Private equity

An agreement whereby a number of shareholders transfer stock and voting rights to one or more persons, called voting trustees, for a specific time period.

Warrant

Financial services; Private equity

Another word for an option to purchase a security. The term is generally used for options that are transferable and are sold to outside investors (as distinct from officers, employees, etc.)

Wall street

Financial services; Private equity

A shorthand description for the US financial community, generally. The term comes from a street in lower Manhattan, New York, on which the American and New York Stock Exchanges, together with many ...