Private equity

Private equity

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Employee retirement income security act (erisa)

Financial services; Private equity

(USA) The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, the principal USA law regulating retirement and employee benefit plans.

Dual listing or trading facility

Financial services; Private equity

The listing of a security on more than one exchange. Increasingly, securities are being listed on both a local exchange and an exchange with more widespread coverage. In addition, issuers may list on ...

Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA)

Financial services; Private equity

An index based on 30 major stocks listed on the New York Stock Exchange. The companies included in the DJIA are all major factors in their respective industries, and their stocks are widely held by ...

Dilution

Financial services; Private equity

A decrease in the value of securities as the result of the issuing, or potential issuing, of additional securities.

Cede & co

Financial services; Private equity

(USA) The nominee of depositary trust company which acts as the record owner of securities held in 'street name' for a large number of major brokerage firms and other financial institutions. See ...

Cooling-off period

Financial services; Private equity

(USA) A delay imposed informally by the SEC before declaring a registration statement effective in those cases where it believes the issuer has engaged in 'gun-jumping' or other impermissible ...