Bookbuilding

Asking investors what they would buy and at what price, then setting the price and choosing who gets shares. A survey rather than an auction — which is why an order is not an allocation.

Where Bookbuilding is explained in depth

The definition above is the short version. These pages put it to work, in the order they use it most:

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