The role of this glossary is to present brief definitions of most of the key concepts in corporate finance and management (in total 900 names-definitions) with aim the reader to be able to understand and become familiar with the terminology in the analyses that will present in the category Corporate & Business.
Additionally, we hope that the reader by acquiring intimacy with the specific terminology, he will also love the science of finance and management, giving to it a significant part of his personal time.
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Glossary Corporate Finance & Management
There are currently 9 names in this directory beginning with the letter U.
Underpricingissue of securities below their market value.
Undervaluationa firm’s securities are selling for less than their intrinsic, or potential or long-run value for one or more reasons.
Underwriter (investment banker) firm which buys an issue of securities from a company and resells it to investors.
Underwritten offerings public securities issues which are sold by a firm to an investment banker at a negotiated price; the investment banker then bears the risk of price fluctuations before the securities are sold to the general public.
Unfunded debt is debt maturing within one year.
Unique risk (residual risk, specific risk, unsystematic risk) risk that can be eliminated by diversification.
Unity of command having each subordinate report to only one superior. The principle of unity of command implies only that the more an individual report to a single superior, the less the problem of conflict in instructions and the greater the feeling of personal responsibility for results.
Unseasoned issue is an issue of a security for which there is no existing market.
Unsystematic risk unique risk.
