liquidity event
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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In that sense, the IPO often serves as a liquidity event — a way for insiders to cash out.
From Salon • Jun. 13, 2026
Fidelity lets investors enter and exit its mutual funds every day, so owning much stock in a private company with no line-of-sight to a liquidity event presented risks.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
“Every major long-only trader will use that liquidity event to reshuffle their portfolios,” Azarm said.
From MarketWatch • Dec. 14, 2025
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 • Oct. 3, 2023
“And the question is, do we have enough time before a true liquidity event destabilizes the market?”
From New York Times • Oct. 16, 2014
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