Fee charged by a syndicate, equal to the difference between the gross sales to investors and the net proceeds received by the issuer. see also spread, final prospectus.
An amount representing the difference between the price at which securities are bought from the Issuer by the Underwriter and the price at which they are reoffered to the investor.
The difference between the price that a selling corporation receives for an issue of securities and the price at which the issue is sold to the public. The spread is the fee that investment dealers and others receive for selling securities.
The difference between what an underwriter pays for a securities issue, and the price at which he offers it to the public. (See underwriter )
The income that is generated by the underwriting syndicate and the selling group, which is essentially the difference between the amount paid to the issuer of securities in a primary distribution and the public offering price.
The difference between the public offering price of a new issue and the proceeds received by the issuer.
The spread between the amount underwriters pay an issuing company for its securities and the amount the underwriters receive from selling the securities in the public offering.
The underwriting spread is the money difference between the amount paid by the underwriting group in a new issue of securities and the price at which securities are offered for sale to the public. It is the underwriter's gross profit margin, usually expressed in points per unit of sale (bond or stock). Spreads may vary widely and are influenced by the underwriter's expectation of market demand for the securities offered for sale, interest rates, and so on.