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Corporate action

An event that affects an investment, such as a dividend, a rights issue or a takeover offer. The shares sit in Thalvia’s name, so Thalvia passes on the news and sets a deadline for the client’s decision. A client who misses it loses the right or gets the default option. Clause 2, “Corporate Action” · Chapter 7

Explained in Chapter 7, Client Money, Client Assets and the Investor Compensation Fund, of European Brokerage.

How it comes up, in Chapter 7
A corporate action is an event that affects an investment, such as a dividend, a rights issue (new shares offered to holders) or a takeover offer. Some need the client to decide.
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As defined in the training Client Agreement
means an event that affects a Financial Instrument, such as a dividend, a rights issue or a takeover offer;
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