Listings and Securities

Listings and securities terms cover public-market admission, security identifiers, share-class access, and the practical status labels that tell investors whether and how an instrument can trade.

Use Listing Status and Security Types for listed, unlisted, restricted, relisted, and exchange-traded status terms. Use Securities Identifiers and Reference Data for CUSIP, ISIN, SEDOL, and similar instrument identifiers.

Cross-Border Listings and Market Access covers foreign share classes and access channels such as A-shares, H-shares, P-notes, and Stock Connect. Offering mechanics, shareholder capital accounts, and equity compensation now live in their corporate-finance homes rather than in this market-structure section.

In this section

• Cross-Border Listings and Market Access
  Cross-border listing and market-access terms for foreign share classes, depositary-style access, and Stock Connect programs.
  • A-Share: Non-Voting Ordinary Shares in a Company
    An A-Share is an ordinary share in a company that receives the same dividends as other ordinary shares but does not provide any voting rights to its holder.
  • B Shares: Understanding the Distinctive Share Class with Limited Voting Power
    B Shares in the USA refer to a category of ordinary shares distinguished from A shares by their limited voting power. This article explores the historical context, types, key events, formulas, importance, applicability, examples, and more.
  • H-share: Shares of Companies Incorporated in Mainland China and Listed in Hong Kong
    Comprehensive coverage of H-shares, their historical context, types, key events, mathematical models, and significance in financial markets.
  • Participatory Notes (P-Notes): Definition, Mechanism, and Impact on Indian Securities
    Participatory Notes (P-Notes) are financial instruments used by investors or hedge funds not registered with the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) to invest in Indian securities. This article explores their definition, operational mechanism, impact on Indian markets, historical context, and regulatory considerations.
  • Stock Connect Programs: Mechanisms for Cross-Border Trading
    Stock Connect Programs are mechanisms like the Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect that allow cross-border trading of stocks, bridging markets and offering new investment opportunities.
  • Stock Connect: Bridging China's Mainland Markets with International Investors
    An in-depth exploration of Stock Connect, a program facilitating the linkage between China's mainland stock markets and international investors.
• Listing Status and Security Types
  Listing-status, exchange-traded security, relisting, and security-designation terms.
  • Exchange Listing Processes And Requirements
    Market-structure terms for listing applications, listing requirements, direct listings, delistings, and re-listings.
    • Delisting and Direct Listings
      Listing-status terms for delisting and direct-listing market access.
      • Delisting: Understanding the Removal of a Security from a Stock Exchange
        Delisting refers to the removal of a company's stock from a publicly traded stock exchange, resulting in the cessation of trading for that security on that platform. This can occur voluntarily or involuntarily due to various reasons, including regulatory non-compliance or strategic business decisions.
      • Direct Listing: Understanding How Companies Go Public Without an IPO
        A comprehensive guide to Direct Listing, a method through which a company goes public without issuing new shares or using underwriters, by selling existing shares directly to the public.
    • Listing Applications and Relisting
      Listing terms for applications, requirements, new listings, relistings, and stock-exchange listing processes.
      • 'Application for Listing: The Process and Importance of Getting Listed on a
        A comprehensive examination of the process by which a company applies to a stock exchange for its securities to be traded, including requirements, benefits, and related terms.
      • Listing Requirements
        Conditions an issuer must meet to have securities admitted for trading on an exchange, including size, governance, float, and disclosure standards.
      • New Listing: Security That Has Just Begun to Trade on an Exchange
        A comprehensive guide covering what a new listing is in the context of the stock or bond exchange, its requirements, types, implications, and historical context.
      • Re-listing: The Act of Becoming Listed Again on an Exchange
        Re-listing refers to the process by which a previously delisted company returns to being publicly traded on the same or a different stock exchange.
      • Stock Exchange Listing
        Admission of a company's securities to trading on an exchange after it meets the venue's listing and disclosure standards.
  • Listed, Unlisted, And Restricted Securities
    Market-structure terms for exchange-traded, listed, unlisted, restricted, and special stock-designation securities.
    • Exchange-Traded: Securities Listed on Formal Exchanges
      Exchange-Traded refers to securities that are listed and traded on formal exchanges, offering higher liquidity and transparency. This comprehensive entry delves into the definition, types, benefits, historical context, and related terminologies.
    • Gamma Stocks: Shares of Relatively Small Companies
      Gamma Stocks refer to shares of relatively small companies, in which trade on the London Stock Exchange was infrequent. This classification has now been replaced.
    • J Stock Designation: Nasdaq Voting Rights Indicator
      An in-depth explanation of the 'J' designation used in Nasdaq-listed stocks to specify shares with voting rights.
    • Listed Security: Understanding the Fundamentals
      An in-depth look at listed securities, their significance in stock markets, and the requirements for listing.
    • Restricted Securities: Nonpublicly Transferred Investments
      Comprehensive Coverage of Restricted Securities, Including Definition, Types, Historical Context, Applicability, and Related Terms
    • Unlisted Security: Comprehensive Overview, Types, and Risks
      An in-depth exploration of unlisted securities, including their definition, types, associated risks, examples, and their role in financial markets.
  • Share Transfer And Listing Documentation
    Market-structure terms for share-transfer documents and listing-adjacent securities paperwork.
    • Blank Transfer: Unveiling Share Transfer Mechanisms
      An in-depth exploration of the Blank Transfer mechanism in financial markets, its history, usage, and implications.
    • Stock Power Power of Attorney: Transferring Ownership of a Registered Security
      A detailed explanation of the Stock Power Power of Attorney form, its purpose in transferring ownership of a registered security, and its use in financial transactions.
• Securities Identifiers and Reference Data
  Security identifier and reference-data terms used to distinguish listed instruments across clearing, custody, and trading systems.
  • CUSIP: Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures
    Comprehensive Overview of CUSIP: A Standardized Identification System for Securities
  • ISIN: International Securities Identification Number
    A comprehensive explanation of the International Securities Identification Number (ISIN), its structure, significance, and application in global financial markets.
  • Q Ticker Symbol
    An in-depth look at the 'Q' ticker symbol used to designate companies in bankruptcy proceedings on the Nasdaq.
  • Stock Exchange Daily Official List (SEDOL): Comprehensive Definition and Overview
    A detailed exploration of the Stock Exchange Daily Official List (SEDOL), a seven-character ID code for securities listed on the London Stock Exchange and other UK exchanges. Understand its structure, significance, historical context, and application in financial markets.