- Industry: Financial services
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The corporate manager responsible for the firm's accounting activities. Sometimes referred to as the comptroller (which means the same thing).
Industry:Financial services
An order issued after notice and opportunity for hearing, requiring a depository instition, a holding company or a depository institution official to terminate unlawful, unsafe or unsound banking practices. Cease-and-desist orders are issued by the appropriate federal regulatory agencies under the Financial Institutions Supervisory Act and can be enforced directly by the courts.
Industry:Financial services
The extra advantage that firms derive from holding the commodity rather than a future position.
Industry:Financial services
The highest price, interest rate, or other numerical factor allowable in a financial transaction.
Industry:Financial services
An annual statement filed by a life insurance company in each state where it does business in compliance with that state's regulations. The statement and supporting documents show, among other things, the assets, liabilities, and surplus of the reporting company.
Industry:Financial services
A country's main bank whose responsibilities include the issue of currency, the administration of monetary policy, open market operations, and engaging in transactions designed to facilitate healthy business interactions. See: Federal Reserve System.
Industry:Financial services
A loan based on the credit of the borrower and on the collateral for the mortgage.
Industry:Financial services
The buying or selling of currency, foreign or domestic, by central banks in order to influence market conditions or exchange rate movements.
Industry:Financial services
An option contract arranged off the trading floor and not traded regularly.
Industry:Financial services
Provision of consolidated cash management decisions to all MNC units from one location, usually at the parent's headquarters.
Industry:Financial services
