Festübernahme

German

Etymology

fest (firm/fixed) +‎ Übernahme (takeover/assumption)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈfɛstʔyːbɐˌnaːmə]
  • Hyphenation: Fest‧über‧nah‧me

Noun

Festübernahme f (genitive Festübernahme, plural Festübernahmen)

  1. (finance) firm commitment underwriting (an underwriting agreement where the underwriter buys the entire issue from the issuer and resells it to the public, assuming full financial responsibility for any unsold shares)
    Bei einer Festübernahme trägt das Bankenkonsortium das volle Platzierungsrisiko.
    In a firm commitment underwriting, the banking syndicate bears the full placement risk.

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Synonyms

Antonyms

  • Absatzzusage (best efforts underwriting; where the bank does not guarantee the sale)

Hypernyms

Coordinate terms

  • Basiswert (the security being underwritten)
  • Emittent (the entity whose securities are being issued)
  • Konsortium (the syndicate performing the underwriting)
  • Platzierungsrisiko (the risk of failing to sell the securities to the market)
  • Übernahmeprovision (underwriting commission)
  • festschreiben (to fix/codify)
  • Übernahmevertrag (underwriting agreement)

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