- Industry: Financial services
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A legal complaint filed by a lawyer or group of lawyers for a group of petitioners with an identical grievance, often with an award proportionate to the number of shareholders involved.
Industry:Financial services
One of the three areas of the discipline of finance. It deals with the operation of the firm (both the investment decision and the financing decision) from the firm's point of view.
Industry:Financial services
The division of stock into more than one class of common stock, usually called Class A and Class B. The specific features of each class, which are set out in the charter and bylaws, usually give certain advantages to the Class A shares, such as increased voting power.
Industry:Financial services
The application of financial principles within a corporation to create and maintain value through decision-making and proper resource management.
Industry:Financial services
In the context of general equities, block trade that matches buy or sell orders/interests, sparing the block trader any inventory risk (no net position and hence none available for additional customers). Natural. Antithesis of open.
Industry:Financial services
Financial planning conducted by a firm that encompasses preparation of both long-and short-term financial plans.
Industry:Financial services
An auditor's opinion reflecting an unqualified acceptance of a company's financial statements.
Industry:Financial services
A committee of the NASD that reviews underwriters' SEC-required documents to ensure that proposed markups are fair and in the public interest.
Industry:Financial services
The time that elapses between receipt of payment from a customer and the deposit of the customer's check in the firm's bank account; the time required to process customer payments.
Industry:Financial services
