Month: July 2023

  • Debt-to-Equity Ratio

    The Debt-to-Equity (D/E) ratio is a financial leverage ratio that compares a company's total debt to its total equity. It gives both investors and creditors an …

  • working capital ratio

    The working capital ratio, also known as the current ratio, is a financial metric that measures a company's short-term liquidity position. This ratio indicates the company's …

  • Loss event (event loss) EN

    Operational risk event that results in a loss to the bank. According to the list in Basel II, which is more exemplary and therefore not comprehensive …

  • Debt hiding EN

    The practice of even large companies, not only in the USA, to hide losses and debts at subsidiaries. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 made this practice …

  • Public assets (public capital) EN

    Unless otherwise defined, public capital includes all assets owned by the state that - have a permanent value and - yield benefits for the general public. …

  • Commingling risk EN

    A portfolio or pool contains securities to which third parties have rights (the risk that clear titles become comingled [= mixed] with assets owned legally by …

  • Individual loss assumption EN

    The requirement that, in the event of a loss at a bank, either - all employees in the active business area, i.e. not including those employed …

  • Loss notification EN

    In the event of a loss of twenty-five percent or more of liable capital, a bank in Germany must notify the supervisory authority without delay; see …

  • Intermediary bound by contract EN

    In the language of the supervisory authorities, a natural or legal person who, under unlimited and unconditional liability, provides to a single financial services provider, for …

  • Industrial assets EN

    Amount of money of value in nonfinancial corporations determined according to certain rules of financial accounting. - See capital ratio. - Cf. Deutsche Bundesbank Monthly Report …