Category: Finance Dictionary

A firm that gives bonds for a first party to a second party.

The demand supply ratio in financial books compared to the amount shipped out of inventory. It measures efficienty and weakness.

When information or a document is made in digital form and not through digitized scanning.

A NEW ISSUE of DEBT or EQUITY securities where the LEAD MANAGER and participating UNDERWRITERS commit to purchasing the entire block and then distributing through their own investor bases. The issuer is

Form of banking automation that connects the customer service desk in a bank office with the bank’s customer records in the back office. Banking automation refers to the system of operating the

A FORWARD contract with a feature giving one party the ability to cancel the transaction at a future time in order to complete the underlying deal in the SPOT MARKET; if the

The goal at which an improvement must be made in all aspects of your business that results in a clear competitive advantage.

Policies that provide coverage for perils over and above standard perils.

A chemical reagent which is used in radical substitution and electrophilic addition reactions in organic chemistry. NBS can be considered a convenient source of cationic bromine.

A low-cost carrier or low-cost airline (also known as a no-frills, discount or budget carrier or airline) is an airline that generally has lower fares and fewer comforts. To make up for

The small group (i.e., less than half a dozen) of SECURITIES FIRMS, INVESTMENT BANKS, and BANKS that control the largest share of global CORPORATE FINANCE and securities UNDERWRITING business. Bulge bracket firms

Abbreviated form of Bundasanleihem, the broad category of German federal GOVERNMENT BONDS. Bunds, denominated in EUROS, feature maturities of 6 to 30 years (with 10year securities constituting the BENCHMARK) and pay interest

When a conflict over alternative policy proposals arises, they tend to be evaluated on the basis of the extent to which they imply an alteration in the relative power positions of the

The discipline of identifying business needs and determining solutions to business problems.

The activity performed by an organization to ensure that critical business functions will be available to customers, suppliers, regulators, and other entities that must have access to those functions.

A franchise tax is charged by a state to corporations and other business entities (LLCs in some states).

Insurance taken out by a company to protect against loss of income caused by the death or illness of an owner or important employee.

The philosophy of business considers the fundamental principles that underlie the formation and operation of a business enterprise; the nature and purpose of a business, for example, is it primarily property or

The process in which all operations of a business or firm are restored after a disaster or emergency.

A process and a set of procedures used to estimate the economic value of an owner