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  • Financial Derivative

    Hierarchical Display of Financial derivative Finance > Free movement of capital > Financial market > Financial instrument Financial derivative Concept of Financial derivative See the dictionary definition of Financial derivative. Characteristics of Financial derivative [rtbs […]

  • Financial Risk

    The risk borne by an exporter that his foreign customer may be unable or unwilling to pay for the merchandise purchased; the financial risk relates purely to commercial considerations and not to such "political" risks as expropriation or inconvertibility of currency….

  • International Political Economy Theories

    Introduction to International Political Economy The Study of International Political Economy MarxismThe ideas of 19th-century German philosopher Karl Marx offer a third political approach toward understanding economic behavior and policies. Marxism focuses on the inequality of relationship…

  • Open Source Software

    Many companies use open source software in their products and services. And some companies "regularly contribute software source code to open source projects under open source licenses or release internal software projects under open source licenses …. The terms of many open source […]

  • Tax System

    Summary of Forced Tax System A practice applied in some countries (most notably in Europe) in which corporate income taxes are computed by a governmental agency. Unlike the American system, under which the firm prepares its own return and computes its tax liability (subject to subsequent […]

  • Dictionary of Essential Legal Terms

    The Dictionary of Essential Legal Terms Details of The Dictionary of Essential Legal Terms Author: Amy Hackney Blackwell Date of publishing: 2008 Publisher: Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc, Naperville, Illinois 60567-4410, United States Contents of The Dictionary of Essential Legal Terms Abandon Abatable Nuisance Abate Abatement of a Legacy Abatement of Taxes Abdicate…

  • Wildlife Trafficking

    Wildlife Trafficking in 2013 United States views on international law [1] in relation to Wildlife Trafficking: On July 1, 2013, President Obama issued Executive Order 13648 on Combating Wildlife Trafficking. 78 Fed. Reg. 40,621 (July 5, 2013). Sections 2, 3, and 4 of the Order establish […]

  • Prime Brokerage

    Prime Brokerage Prime brokerage is a colloquial term for a number of different relationships between large securities dealers and banks and their clients. There are two main ways in which derivatives trading is relevant to prime brokerage and both typically have different collateral management arrangements. (1) Derivatives Prime Brokerage Derivatives prime brokerage describes an arrangement…

  • Prime Brokerage

    Prime Brokerage Prime brokerage is a colloquial term for a number of different relationships between large securities dealers and banks and their clients. There are two main ways in which derivatives trading is relevant to prime brokerage and both typically have different collateral management arrangements. (1) Derivatives Prime Brokerage Derivatives prime brokerage describes an arrangement…

  • Credit Risk

    Credit Risk Credit Risk and Collateralization Credit risk is the danger that a firm will not receive an amount of money it is owed because the party that owes the firm the money is unable to pay or otherwise defaults on its obligation. Credit risk exists whenever a firm has a relationship where a counterparty…

  • Alternative Trading Systems

    Alternative Trading Systems (ATSs) The alternative trading systems, with presence in many of the world’s main financial markets, were created by rapid advances in information technology. This has enabled the creation of new market places which have no need for physical trading floors. The main risks to consumer protection are from: difficulties for clients in…

  • Collateral Dispute

    Collateral Dispute Dispute Collateral Call After the margin call notice has been sent, the counterparty will generally want to confirm its agreement to the margin call. There are three options for responding to a margin call: full agreement, partial agreement (where, for example, a party agrees to five million of a ten million call), and…

  • Threshold

    In Collateralization The underlying commercial reason for Thresholds is that often parties will be willing to take a certain amount of credit risk to each other (equal to the Threshold) before requiring collateral to cover any additional risk. Banks, in particular, are in the business of […]

  • Non-Collateralization

    Non-Collateralization Collateralization of credit exposures generated by bilateral OTC Derivatives is a key risk mitigant broadly used in the market. The benefits are broadly acknowledged and affect dealers and end users, as well as the financial system generally. However, it is worth noting that in the very early stages of their development, the OTC derivative…

  • Credit Support

    Credit Support Credit Support Deed and English and New York Credit Support Annexes Collateral is commonly provided in respect of parties’ exposures to one another under an ISDA Master Agreement pursuant to the 1994 ISDA Credit Support Annex under New York law (the New York CSA), the 1995 ISDA Credit Support Annex under English law…