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Private equity
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Private equity
Merchant bank
Financial services; Private equity
(USA) A firm investing its own funds for its own account, often acquiring a controlling interest in a company. This term is used interchangeably with the term 'investment bank' in the UK. See ...
Management discussion and analysis (MD&A)
Financial services; Private equity
(USA) A required part of the disclosure in a registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933 or Form 10-K or 10-Q under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, where management of the issuer ...
Material information
Financial services; Private equity
Information that a reasonable investor would consider an important part of the total mix of information required when deciding whether to buy or sell a security, to vote for or against a director or ...
Market segmentation
Financial services; Private equity
A marketing technique that targets a group of customers with specific characteristics.
Market-share weighted index
Financial services; Private equity
A stock index in which each stock affects the index in proportion to its number of shares outstanding.
In-the-money option
Financial services; Private equity
An option is described as 'in-the-money' when the market price of the underlying security or commodity is higher than the strike price of the option.
International accounting standards board (IASB)
Financial services; Private equity
The quasi-public body established in 2001 to develop a uniform set of international accounting standards (IAS).
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