Sentence examples for ordinary equity from inspiring English sources
Even that proved a stopgap; on December 3rd it was announced that the banks would swap the debt for 75% of the ordinary equity and a slug of preference shares.The second problem relates to the firm's relentless expansion.
Robert Willens, a tax and accounting analyst at Lehman Brothers, said that kind of tax credit would help ordinary equity holders in companies, but not those who were exempt from taxation anyway.
If this is what is meant by the clause in the Treasury's announcement that the government "is also willing to assist in the raising of ordinary equity if requested to do so", then Darling may have covered all the bases.
The TBTF problem is exacerbated if the central bank and regulators view wiping out big bank shareholders as too disruptive, extending this measure of protection to ordinary equity holders.
A bank's TCE ratio is calculated by dividing its tangible common equity (ordinary share capital) by its tangible assets.
Some deal in debt; others let ordinary investors put equity into promising start-ups; others, like MarketInvoice, provide a market in receivables.
The firm can raise capital either by issuing mandatory convertibles, or by issuing more conventional securities like straight debt, ordinary convertibles, or equity.
BrewDog, a privately owned company currently trying to raise £25m in equity from ordinary punters, needs publicity right now – so caveat emptor.
High-frequency traders will go on using algorithms that turn milliseconds of information advantage into huge profits, put markets at constant risk, and drive ordinary investors out of equity trading (unless or until the S.E.C. starts to control off-site markets — a big test for its new chairwoman, Mary Jo White).
Trading by big investors ahead of recommendations from analysts would be another example of the uneven playing field that markets have become — and another reason for ordinary investors to shun equities.
An equity swap mimics ordinary shares and gives investors like hedge funds the benefits of stock ownership without actually owning the shares.
