Private equity

Private equity

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Securities Act of 1933 (also ‘1933 Act’ or ‘33 Act

Financial services; Private equity

(USA) A federal law regulating the offer and sale of securities by the issuer or its affiliates. It generally requires issuers seeking to raise funds from the public to provide investors with ...

Section 16

Financial services; Private equity

(USA) A provision under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 regulating trading by corporate insiders. It provides that any profit realised by an insider from any purchase and sale or sale and ...

Schedule 13G

Financial services; Private equity

(USA) A shorter form than Schedule 13-D that some 5% owners who do not intend to assert any control can file in lieu of filing a Schedule 13D. Also used for persons who acquired their 5% interest ...

Pratt’s guide

Financial services; Private equity

A directory of USA venture capital firms, the types of investments that they typically make, and the industries in which they specialise.

Partnership

Financial services; Private equity

A form of conducting business in which the parties carry on their business for their joint benefit.

Patent

Financial services; Private equity

The exclusive right, granted by a government for a limited time period, to exclude others from making, using, or selling the claimed invention.

Preferred stock that entitles the holder not only to its stated dividend and liquidation preference, but also allows the holder to participate in dividends and liquidating distributions declared on ...