- Industry: News service
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United Kingdom-based news service and former financial market data provider that provides news reports from around the world to news media
Simple average, equal to the sum of all values divided by the total number of values.
Industry:Financial services
Foreign exchange term used in the forward market when the points are quoted either side of par, i.e. one side of the quotation being at a discount, the other side at a premium.
Industry:Financial services
A market maker’s price to sell a security, currency or any financial instrument. Also known as an offer. A two-way price comprises the bid and ask. The difference between the two quotations is the spread. See also Bid.
Industry:Financial services
The process of distributing investment funds among different kinds of assets, such as stocks, bonds and cash, to achieve the highest expected returns for the lowest possible risk.
Industry:Financial services
Also known as liability management, this is the function of controlling assets and liabilities to achieve the optimum return and reduce risk.
Industry:Financial services
Assets are tangible items of value to a business such as factories, machinery and financial instruments, and intangible items such as goodwill, the title of a newspaper or a product’s brand name. They appear on the company’s balance sheet.
Industry:Financial services
Seeking a profit by buying a company, often when the market price is below the value of the assets, and then selling off all or some of the assets.
Industry:Financial services
To transfer ownership to another party. It usually involves signing a document. In derivatives markets assignment refers to the act of exercising an option. See also Exercise, Option.
Industry:Financial services
