- abs.
- Accrual bond
- Acquisition currency
- Actively managed fund
- Additional margin
- Admission of securities to the Regulated Market
- Admission to the exchange
- Admissions Office
- AIBD return (ISMA return)
- Allotment
- American depositary receipt (ADR)
- American depositary share (ADS)
- American-style option
- Annual General Meeting
- Arbitrage
- Ask
- Ask price
- Asset-backed security
- Asterisk * (price addendum)
- At the money
- Auction principle
- Auction principle
- Automatic exercise (warrants)
Allotment
Method of distributing securities to investors if an issue has been oversubscribedAt the end of the subscription period, the demand for a new issue can exceed the number of shares being issued. In that case, the underwriting bank allots the securities with the approval of the issuer, either by lottery or on the basis of a formula. An allotment formula usually takes into account the issuer's preferred target groups.