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equity carve-out
In an equity carve-out, a company lists a part or division of their business on the stock market in an initial public offering (IPO). This technique is part of the spectrum of techniques employed in mergers & acquisitions.
In most cases, companies keep majority control (more than 50 per cent) over that business division althouth they may opt to reduce the stake later. The company might also opt to distribute shares in the new entity to its existing shareholders instead of selling them on the...
Business glossary
- business ecosystemIncreasingly, businesses operate in a broader network of related businesses offering particular products or services. This is known as a...
- business model
- classical economics
- corporate governance
- corporate responsibility
- elasticity of demand
- flexible working
- generation Y
- green technology
- hidden needs
- market capitalisation
- moral hazard
- price/earnings ratio
- private equity
- return on equity
- social media
- sustainable enterprise
- trade secret
- value-based pricing
- value investing
- venture capital
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Buzz Words
- biomimicryBiomimicry is broadly used to describe any process in which a shape or process in nature is used to inspire an innovation. Biomimicry has...
- London whale
- phablet
- austerity
- countercyclical buffering
- crowdsourcing
- dark pools
- Dodd-Frank Act
- ESG
- Glass-Steagall Act
- grey dollar
- hawk
- inflation targeting
- Keynesian economics
- microfinance
- sukuk (Islamic bonds)
- spread betting
- sustainable development
- too big to fail
- toxic assets
- Volcker rule
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In the News
- big dataBig data is the term used to describe the huge volumes of data generated by traditional business activities and from new sources such as...
- cyber crime
- Financial Policy Committee FPC
- financial regulation
- fiscal cliff
- funding for lending
- gamification
- GSifi
- IMF
- insider trading
- IPO
- Libor
- monetary transmission
- peak oil
- QE3
- risk on, risk off
- Serious Fraud Office
- sovereign bonds
- strategic alliance
- proprietary trading
- zombie household
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