- Industry: Financial services
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A loan which can be called by the lender at any time and carries no set maturity date.
Industry:Financial services
Short-term securities that are repayable immediately upon the holder's demand.
Industry:Financial services
An event that affects the demand for goods and services in an economy.
Industry:Financial services
Corresponds to the face value of currency units, coins, and securities.
Industry:Financial services
Acceptance of a capital budgeting project contingent on the acceptance of another project.
Industry:Financial services
An agent appointed for a Tender or Exchange Offer who accepts certificates from shareholders, processes them and assures that the appropriate cash or new securities are properly remitted to the tendering party.
Industry:Financial services
A financial institution that obtains its funds mainly through deposits from the public. This includes commercial banks, savings and loan associations, savings banks and credit unions. Although historically they have broadened their powers in recent years. For example, NOW accounts, credit union share draughts and other services similar to checking accounts may be offered by thrift institutions.
Industry:Financial services
Device enabling an issuer to circumvent an arbitrary corporate limit on the number of preferred shares issuable. Applies mainly to convertible securities.
Industry:Financial services
In terms of economics: The measure of cost of capital consumption during production, e.g., machine and equipment wear. In terms of finance: The process of amortisation of fixed assets (equipment) to spread the cost over the depreciable life of the assets.
Industry:Financial services
