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private placement

Private placement refers to an investment opportunity involving the sale of stock to investors, for which the normal, more involved, registration requirement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is waived.

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private placement

Private placement refers to an investment opportunity involving the sale of stock to investors, for which the normal, more involved, registration requirement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is waived.

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Typically, detailed information concerning such investments must be provided to the SEC. However, in recent years, a number of group captive insurers have been exempted from such filing requirements and were formed by means of private placements.