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81Citadel Investment Group — Infobox Company company name = Citadel Investment Group, L.L.C. company company type = Private, Limited Liability Company company slogan = owner = foundation = 1990 location = flagicon|USA Chicago, Illinois, USA key people = Kenneth C. Griffin,… …
82Kurtosis risk — denotes that observations are spread in a wider fashion than the normal distribution entails. In other words, fewer observations cluster near the average and more observations populate the extremes either far above or far below the average… …
83country risk — The general level of political, financial, and economic uncertainty in a country which impacts the value of the country s bonds and equities. See: sovereign risk. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary Risk associated with an FX ( foreign exchange)… …
84Capital Investment Analysis — A budgeting procedure that companies and government agencies use to assess the potential profitability of a long term investment. Capital investment analysis assesses long term investments, which might include fixed assets like equipment,… …
85Country risk — General level of political and economic uncertainty in a country affecting the value of loans or investments in that country. The New York Times Financial Glossary * * * country risk country risk ➔ risk1 * * * Risks associated with lending… …
86speculative investment — ➔ investment * * * speculative investment UK US noun [C or U] FINANCE, STOCK MARKET ► an investment that carries a high level of risk of loss, or the activity of investing in these types of investment: »The more people use housing as a form of… …
87SCG International Risk — SCG International is a private military contractor and security firm based in the U.S. states of Mississippi, California and Virginia with satellite support offices in Kabul, Dubai and London. The company describes itself as providing support to… …
88Enterprise risk management — In business, enterprise risk management (ERM) includes the methods and processes used by organizations to manage risks and seize opportunities related to the achievement of their objectives. ERM provides a framework for risk management, which… …
89Systemic risk — In finance, Systemic Risk is that risk which is common to an entire market and not to any individual entity or component thereof. It can be defined as financial system instability, potentially catastrophic, caused or exacerbated by idiosyncratic… …
90Alternative Risk Transfer — (often referred to as ART) is the use of techniques other than traditional insurance and reinsurance to provide risk bearing entities with coverage or protection. The field of ART grew out of a series of insurance capacity crises in the 1970s… …
