What is public issue?

Question

what is public issue?

Answer 1

Public issues can be varied, but some which often in the media is Welfare, Unemployment, Drugs & alcohol, Disability rights, Environment etc.

Answer 2

If you are talking in terms of equity market, then public issue is the number of shares offered to the public to buy - at par value or at a premium.

Answer 3

Are you referring to the generalised meaning or to the stock market?

1. Public issue in general terms means the concerns and cares of the people in a state, nation, company. It's like saying - public toilets - meaning the general people are allowed to use the restrooms. There are no restrictions.

2. If you are meaning it in terms of the stock market, then it means that the shares of a company are for the subscription of the general people - for the general people to trade in.

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