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In the financial market, participants with good creditworthiness withdraw and thus leave the field to less trustworthy partners (a situation in which financial market participation denotes a negative signal). – A situation in which…

With regard to the foreign branches of domestic banks, the fact that smaller institutions prefer to establish themselves where a larger domestic bank already has a foothold. This is explained by the fact that…

In the course of the subprime crisis, which turned into a financial crisis, American International Group (AIG), formerly the world’s largest insurance company, came to the brink of bankruptcy. The Federal Reserve Bank of…

Often used in older financial language for – an agreement in the sense of a bargain between market participants, – a contract. – See chord, contract, concert. Attention: The financial encyclopedia is protected by…

In relation to the financial market, anyone who conducts business there (a person or entity who acts in the financial market). – In a broader sense, in addition to the professional financial market players,…

stock] certificate): Security that represents or replaces a share. It regularly differs from the share – by the place of listing and – by the currency in which the certificate is denominated. For example,…

In financial jargon, the final exit from a loss-generating engagement; sometimes associated with a ceremony such as the smashing of a glass. – Abdankung (funeral service) in Swiss German means a celebration of the…

In the language of central banks, all firms which are engaged in linking activities that channel merchandises or services down the supply chain to intermediaries for resale or to final buyers. – Cf. ECB…

In the case of an engagement on the financial market, the losses incurred are balanced by profits made at the end (transactions that result in a zero net sum gain: nothing is gained and…

In connection with personal loans (consumer loans), the time at the end of which a loan taken out must be repaid to the bank. In the U.S.A., the central bank can set this period…