liquidity event

British  

noun

1. the ending of an investor's involvement in a business venture with a view to realizing a gain or loss from the investment

---

Example Sentences

Risk-on assets are heading toward a “liquidity event” unless the Fed refills the punch bowl.

From The Wall Street Journal

Since then its U.S. operations have dropped a rule requiring a "liquidity event", such as an IPO or company sale, as a condition for the vesting to occur.

From Reuters

In a Friday report, analysts at Wells Fargo said that Hawaiian Electric is “potentially under severe financial duress” and “could face a future liquidity event” — pointing to the company’s struggles to bring in external funds, recent downgrading of credit ratings from the S&P, as well as the costs of normal operating expenses and an upcoming $100 million debt maturity for the utility.

From Seattle Times

It said weakness in SVB’s “preparedness for a contingent liquidity event” might have contributed to the bank’s inability to access contingency funding sources when it was needed.

From Seattle Times

The company previously set a "liquidity event", such as an IPO or company sale, as a condition for the vesting to occur, the sources added.

From Reuters