a high-risk investment
61Enterprise Investment Scheme — The Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) is a series of tax reliefs designed to encourage investments in small unquoted companies carrying on a qualifying trade in the United Kingdom.PurposeInvestment in companies that are not listed on a stock… …
62Short-Term Investment Fund — A Short Term Investment Fund is a type of investment fund which invests in money market investments of high quality and low risk. They are commonly used by investors to temporarily store funds while arranging for their transfer to another… …
63Operational risk management — See also: Risk management The term Operational Risk Management (ORM) is defined as a continual cyclic process which includes risk assessment, risk decision making, and implementation of risk controls, which results in acceptance, mitigation, or… …
64Value at risk — (VaR) is a maximum tolerable loss that could occur with a given probability within a given period of time. VaR is a widely applied concept to measure and manage many types of risk, although it is most commonly used to measure and manage the… …
65non-investment — UK US adjective [before noun] FINANCE, STOCK MARKET ► not related to investing: »The government promised to cut non investment spending by 4.75%. ► used to describe bonds, etc. with a high risk of not being paid back: »Don t buy non investment… …
66Equity Risk Premium — The excess return that an individual stock or the overall stock market provides over a risk free rate. This excess return compensates investors for taking on the relatively higher risk of the equity market. The size of the premium will vary as… …
67low-risk — adj 1 : not likely to result in failure, harm, or injury : not having a lot of risk low risk investments 2 : less likely than others to get a particular disease, condition, or injury low risk patients * * * ˌlow ˈrisk f125 [low risk] …
68businessman's risk — noun : an investment (as a stock) with a moderately high risk factor that is bought with an eye to growth potential and capital gains or sometimes tax advantages rather than for income …
69Alpha (investment) — Alpha is a risk adjusted measure of the so called active return on an investment. It is the return in excess of the compensation for the risk borne, and thus commonly used to assess active managers performances. Often, the return of a benchmark… …
70Investor Network on Climate Risk — The Investor Network on Climate Risk is a network of investors and financial institutions that promotes better understanding of the financial risks and investment opportunities posed by climate change. INCR is coordinated by Ceres, a coalition of …
