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)
- (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.
Declension
Declension of Festübernahme [feminine]
Synonyms
- Emissionsübernahme (general term for underwriting)
- Underwriting (anglicism)
Antonyms
- Absatzzusage (best efforts underwriting; where the bank does not guarantee the sale)
Hypernyms
- Emissionsgeschäft (issue business)
- Übernahme (assumption/takeover)
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)
Related terms
- festschreiben (to fix/codify)
- Übernahmevertrag (underwriting agreement)
References
- “Festübernahme” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Festübernahme” in Duden online