Private equity

Private equity

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Buyback

Financial services; Private equity

A corporation's repurchase of stock or bonds it has issued. Also the purchase of a long position to offset a short position.

Buy side or buy side trader

Financial services; Private equity

The individual within an institutional investor who affects trades (particularly securities purchases) for the institution.

Burn rate

Financial services; Private equity

In venture capital financing, the rate at which a start-up company spends capital to finance operations before generating positive cash flow from operations.

Any individual or firm, other than a bank, which is engaged in the business of buying and selling securities for itself and others. In the USA, broker/dealers must register with the SEC as well as ...

Broker

Financial services; Private equity

One who acts as an intermediary between the buyer and the seller of securities.

Bring-down letter

Financial services; Private equity

A letter confirming, as of a later date (usually the date of a closing), the representations, warranties, or covenants made at an earlier date in a legal document.

Blank cheque preferred stock

Financial services; Private equity

(USA) Authorised preferred stock, the terms of which are left open under the company's organisational documents, allowing the board of directors to fix the terms without stockholder approval. Blank ...