Match the following terms to their definitions: 1. privatization 2. restructuring 3. agent 4. leveraged buyouts 5. underpricing 6. underwriting syndicate 7. shelf registration 8. aftermarket 9. best efforts 10. underwrite

1) UNDERWRITE involves the act of taking on any risk that might be related with the issue of a new security.

2. BEST EFFORTS is the responsibility of sharing a security without transferring the risk associated with the new issue from the company to the investors.

3. UNDERWRITING SYNDICATE involves a group of investors formed to share the risk of a security offering.

4.UNDER PRICING is the process of setting the price of a new security slightly below the market value to ensure a receptive sale.

5. AFTERMARKET is a secondary market where securities are traded after its initial offering to the public.

6.AGENT is one who sells or places an asset for another party.

7. SHELF REGISTRATION permits large companies to file one comprehensive statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) outlining their financial plans for the next two years.

8. LEVERAGE BUYOUT occurs when either management or another investment group borrows the needed cash to rebuy all traded shares from the shareholders.

9. RESTRUCTURING involves the divisions and products are sold and assets redeployed into better yielding areas.

10. PRIVATIZATION is a situation Investors that take a company public, the investment bankers sell companies previously owned by governments.

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