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Ring
Financial services; Private equity
Location on the floor of an exchange where trades are executed. The circular arrangement where traders can make bid and offer prices is also called a 'pit', particularly when commodities are traded.
Road show
Financial services; Private equity
The process during a public offering in which the management of an issuing company and the underwriters meet with groups of prospective investors to stimulate interest in an issuer. Road shows are ...
Sinking fund
Financial services; Private equity
An annual reserve of capital required by the creditor to be set aside out of a company's current earnings to provide funds for retirement of an outstanding bond issue.
Short swing profits
Financial services; Private equity
A term used in reference to profits realised by insiders from buying and selling a company's securities within a specified period. In the USA this period is six months, and any profits are subject to ...
Secured obligation
Financial services; Private equity
A debt obligation that is secured by the pledge of assets.
Second preferred stock or shares
Financial services; Private equity
Preferred stock that has rights subordinate to those of other preferred stock on dividend and assets. Also referred to as 'Subordinate Preferred Stock or Shares'.
Secondary distribution (or secondary offering)
Financial services; Private equity
A public offering of a security by a selling holder of securities. The term secondary offering is also sometimes used more generally in reference to any public offering other than an IPO. See ...
