- Industry: Financial services
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Insurance guarding against damage or loss that the policyholder, may cause another person in the form of bodily injury or property damage.
Industry:Financial services
In the context of general equities, keeping an activity within the firm. For example, rather than go to the marketplace and sell a security for a client to anyone, an attempt is made to find a buyer to complete the transaction with the firm. Although a listed trade must be taken to the floor of the stock exchange, matching supply with demand within the confines of the firm results in higher commissions for the firm.
Industry:Financial services
The present value of a firm's expected future net cash flows discounted by the required rate of return.
Industry:Financial services
An interest rate swap used to alter the cash flow characteristics of an institution's liabilities so as to provide a better match with its assets.
Industry:Financial services
The time it takes the receiver of a cheque to process a payment and deposit it in a bank for collection.
Industry:Financial services
For companies: Raw materials, items available for sale or in the process of being made ready for sale. They can be individually valued by several different means, including cost or current market value, and collectively by FIFO (First in, first out), LIFO (Last in, first out) or other techniques. The lower value of alternatives is usually used to preclude overstating earnings and assets. For securities firms: Securities bought and held by a broker or dealer for resale.
Industry:Financial services
Used in the context of general equities. (1) An order or market in a specific security within the inside market; 2) any announcement (earnings) that adheres closely to Wall Street analysts' expectations.
Industry:Financial services
Used in the context of factoring and general finance to refer to loans to consumer product producers that use inventory as collateral. See also: Inventory loan.
Industry:Financial services
A contract by which a domestic company (the licensor) allows a foreign company (the licensee) to market its products in a foreign country in return for royalties, fees, or other forms of compensation.
Industry:Financial services
Used in the context of general equities. At a price exactly in between the bid and offer prices.
Industry:Financial services
