Private equity

Private equity

Industry: Financial services

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Holdback

Financial services; Private equity

A contractual condition in which money is withheld until a specified event occurs.

Hi-lo index

Financial services; Private equity

Moving average of the number of stocks that reach new highs and lows each day, used as a technical analysis tool for measuring the strength of the overall market.

Conversion

Financial services; Private equity

The act of exchanging one form of security for another security of the same company (i.e., preferred stock for common stock, debt securities for equity.)

Consolidated financial statements

Financial services; Private equity

Financial statements for a company and all of its subsidiaries as if a single enterprise rather than for the company on a stand-alone basis.

Confidentiality and proprietary rights agreement

Financial services; Private equity

An agreement by which an employee, customer, or vendor agrees not to disclose the company's trade secrets or other confidential information to any third party or to use such trade secrets or ...

A term used within directives produced by the European Commission (see 'Investment Services Directive' and 'Prospectus Directive') to describe a body which has been identified by a member state of ...