Activity
In relation to the financial market, any action executed in fulfillment of whichever financial market purposes, including the operations of the central bank and supervisory authorities. – To transact on the financial market for…
Sprachbestand des Finanzlexikons
English
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Omnipotence doctrine
In the philosophy of money, the doctrine that money, as a result of – its worldwide presence, – its property of making all things equal, and – its ability to exchange them (purchasing power)…
Alpha (alpha)
Generally a ratio for the return. – If the average return of a security or portfolio is greater than expected in terms of market risk, the alpha value is positive; if not, it is…
Pension fund institution (institution for professional retirement provision)
Unless otherwise defined, a special fund with the purpose of providing retirees with an annuity from its earnings. – See Retirement Assets Act, retirement contracts, civil service associations, balance sheet, holistic, arrangement, salary sacrifice,…
Aging
Countries with aging populations (such as China and most members of the EU: their populations will decline by 0.75 percent per year until 2050!) usually have relatively high savings rates. Savings preferentially flow to…
Alignment, informal (conscious parallelism)
Banks have often aligned their terms and conditions (and, in particular, their credit policies) with those of their competitors without any formal agreements between the institutions. – See alliances, cross-border, correspondent banking relationship. Attention:…
Anglicisms
Borrowings from the English language that have entered the national language. Because the financial world is largely globalized, words and phrases from English understandably accumulate here. If this is repeatedly criticized as a bad…
Courage to engage
A decision, guided by – thoughtful consideration and – after a realistic assessment of one’s own strengths – taking into account the consequences of failure, – to engage in the financial market with a…
Investor, prudent investor (intelligent investor, average prudent investor)
Legal term used in connection with price manipulation. It is used to assess how an average prudent investor would act if he were aware of manipulative circumstances with respect to the price. – See…
Bond, secured (secured bond)
A debt security that is protected by some means against default and/or delinquency by the issuer. – See bond, asset-backed, bond, unsecured, monetary expansion, monetary union-internal, pledge, collateral, collateralization, real collateral. Attention: The financial…