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Definition of

issue

Stockholding & Investments

stocks or bonds for sale at one time a set of stocks or bonds that a company offers for sale at one time

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  • Issuing Corporate Debt

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    Miller argued that because tax rates on capital gains have often been lower than tax rates on individuals’ dividend and interest income, the firm might lower the total tax bill paid by the corporation and investor combined by not issuing debt at all. Moreover, taxes owed on capital gains can be deferred
    By Steven Lowe

  • Equity Issues by Listed Companies: Rights Issues and Other Methods

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    This article is about issues of shares to investors by companies that are already listed on a stock exchange. Such issues are often called rights issues, although in fact the rights issue is only one of several issue methods used. Other methods will also be discussed here. A generic term for issues
    By Seth Armitage

  • Issues in Issuing Insurance-Linked Securities

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    The checklist of considerations for insurers planning to issue insurance-linked securities (ILS) into the capital markets includes the following:
    By Morton Lane

  • Rights Issues and Placings

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    Companies on occasion go to their shareholders to raise finance. This could be by means of a rights issue, where a company sells new shares to existing shareholders. The new shares are generally offered in proportion to an existing investor’s current shareholding, respecting their pre-emption rights, and they are almost always offered at a discount to the share price in a bid to encourage investors to buy the new shares

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Definitions of ’issue’ and meaning of ’issue’ are from the book publication, QFINANCE – The Ultimate Resource, © 2009 Bloomsbury Information Ltd. Find definitions for ’issue’ and other financial terms with our online QFINANCE Financial Dictionary.

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