- Industry: Financial services
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World's leading financial information-service, news, and media company.
Inventor of one of the foundational asset pricing models in finance, the consumption based capital asset pricing model. Chairman of Smith Breeden Associates.
Industry:Financial services
An agreement signed by the original United Nations members in 1944 that established the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the post-World War II international monetary system of fixed exchange rates.
Industry:Financial services
The large clearing banks that dominate deposit taking and short-term lending in the domestic sterling market.
Industry:Financial services
Generally referring to an index, it indicates that the index is composed of a sufficient number of stocks or of stocks in a variety of industry groups. See also: Narrow-Based.
Industry:Financial services
Usually refers to indices such as the Wilshire 5000 that track the performance of 5,000 securities, rather than the more narrow measures such as the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S and P 500.
Industry:Financial services
A certificate of deposit issued by a bank or thrift institution bought by a brokerage firm in bulk for the purpose of reselling to brokerage customers. A broker CD features a higher interest rate, usually 1% higher, and is FDIC insured and do not usually have commissions.
Industry:Financial services
Stock exchange that handles the majority of securities transactions in Belgium.
Industry:Financial services
Established in 1864, the major securities market of Hungary.
Industry:Financial services
Argentina's major securities market.
Industry:Financial services
The transfer of a project back to the party granting the concession, either with or at no cost.
Industry:Financial services
