Series 79: Penalty Bid

Taken from our FINRA Investment Banking Exam

Definition of the term Penalty Bid...

a penalty imposed by the lead underwriter against a broker-dealer whose customer sells IPO shares right after buying them, put in place to keep the price of a newly issued security from declining.

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