Capital Markets (ECM / DCM)
An IPO breaks issue (trades below offer). Walk through what the syndicate does with the over-allotment and who bears the cost.
Model answer
The syndicate covers its short by buying shares in the open market at the depressed price, providing a stabilizing bid floor, and lets the greenshoe expire unexercised. Because it sold those…
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