- Industry: Financial services
- Number of terms: 73910
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The combining of two or more firms to form an entirely new entity.
Industry:Financial services
The total amount of credit given by NYSE member firms to finance customers purchasing securities.
Industry:Financial services
The value of assets that can be converted into cash immediately, as reported by a company. Usually includes bank accounts and marketable securities, such as government bonds and banker's acceptances. Cash equivalents on balance sheets include securities that mature within 90 days (e.g., notes).
Industry:Financial services
A loan that is used to combine and finance payments on other loans.
Industry:Financial services
A benchmark that is designed to meet a client's requirements and long-term objectives.
Industry:Financial services
A brokerage account that settles transactions on a cash-rather than credit-basis.
Industry:Financial services
A group of companies that cooperate and share resources in order to achieve a common objective.
Industry:Financial services
An agreement by two or more countries to erect a common external tariff and to abolish restrictions on trade among members.
Industry:Financial services
Cash and marketable securities divided by current liabilities. See: Liquidity ratios.
Industry:Financial services
A merchant banking subsidiary set up by several banks that may or may not be of the same nationality. Consortium banks are common in the Euromarket and are active in loan syndication.
Industry:Financial services
