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Equity definition

What does Equity mean? In corporate finance practice, equity means the risk-bearing capital provided by a company’s owners, usually through ordinary shares, as distinct from debt finance. Equity holders have the residual interest in profits and assets: returns are by dividend or capital growth, and they rank behind all creditors on insolvency. Equity commonly carries voting and control rights and is subject to company law capital maintenance and distribution rules (for example, dividends only out of distributable profits and statutory pre-emption on new share issues unless disapplied). It is central to capital structure, M&A, venture capital and private equity transactions. Practitioners also describe certain...

UK Equity Capital Markets Trends 2015–2017, with Q1 2018 Update: Main Market and AIM IPOs and Secondary Fundraisings; Proceeds, Market Capitalisation, Sector and Geographical Trends (Archived)

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ARCHIVED :

This archived trends publication, Trends in UK equity Capital Markets, explores contemporary dynamics in ECM activity relating to IPOs and secondary fundraisings across both the main market and AIM. The report reviews data spanning 2015 to 2017, and examines market activity in the first quarter of 2018.

Highlights of the report:

analysis and comparative assessment of ECM activity on the Main Market and AIM
spotlight on headline IPO and secondary offering transactions completed over the past three years
a three-year comparative overview of transaction volumes, gross proceeds and market capitalisation across both IPOs and secondary offers
geographical trends in new listings and a comparison of country of incorporation and country of operation respectively...

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