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Unless otherwise defined, public capital includes all assets owned by the state that – have a permanent value and – yield benefits for the general public. – See assets, physical assets, social capital. Attention: The financial encyclopedia is protected by copyright and may only be used for private purposes without express consent! University Professor Dr…. read more »

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 in merely administrative activities, such as janitor services, telephone exchange or plant security (protective service), or – executives above a certain rank in the hierarchy must contribute to covering… read more »

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 a third party). – This became apparent in many cases in the course of the financial crisis that followed the subprime crisis. When special-purpose entities and funds in financial… read more »

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 of all events, these are in particular – fraud from within, – fraud from outside, – employment practices and security, – customers, products and business working practices, – interruption… read more »

The hardly rationally explainable but empirically well-documented fact that both private investors and companies are inclined to let losses run their course instead of drawing a painful line under the commitment at an early stage. – See memory, money grave, money swallower, head-in-the-sand behavior, million grave, financial psychology, myopia, torpedo capital, loss, incurred, waste watcher…. read more »

The risk of incurring a loss in a transaction, and especially in an exposure to the financial market. – See investment courage, defaveur, profit potential, risk taker, loss, expected. Attention: The financial encyclopedia is protected by copyright and may only be used for private purposes without express consent! University Professor Dr. Gerhard Merk, Dipl.rer.pol., Dipl.rer.oec…. read more »

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 Sec. 24, Para. 1, № 5 KWG. Attention: The financial encyclopedia is protected by copyright and may only be used for private purposes without express consent! University Professor Dr…. read more »

Frequently used term, but with different conceptual content (denotation: the totality of things to which a term is applicable; the objects meant by “assets”). – All goods owned by – private households, and then in the older literature also called households, – enterprises, and then in relation to these also often called corporate capital and… read more »

In rating, the – previously planned, i.e. expected or – the actual default rates of the loans; if not expressed otherwise, calculated as the amount of the loss as a percentage of the exposures at the time of the counterparty default. Discrepancies between planned and incurred loss indicate poor calibration. – See default, default loss,… read more »

Generally, a prior contractual agreement on the proportions in which losses arising from the default are to be shared among the various parties. – In particular, the agreement on how, in the event of the insolvency of a major debtor, the banks affected with non-performing loans are to cooperate and according to which formula the… read more »