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21The South Sea Company — For the Noel Coward play, see: South Sea Bubble (play). The South Sea Bubble of 1720, was an economic bubble that occurred through speculation in the stock of The South Sea Company. The company had been granted a monopoly to trade with South… …
22Security (finance) — This article is about the negotiable instrument. For the legal right given to a creditor by a borrower, see Security interest. Securities Securities Bond …
23Mezzanine capital — Mezzanine capital, in finance, refers to a subordinated debt or preferred equity instrument that represents a claim on a company s assets which is senior only to that of the common shares. Mezzanine financings can be structured either as debt… …
24Reverse mortgage — A reverse mortgage (known as lifetime mortgage in the United Kingdom) is a loan available to seniors (62 and older in the United States), and is used to release the home equity in the property as one lump sum or multiple payments. The homeowner s …
25Russia — /rush euh/, n. 1. Also called Russian Empire. Russian, Rossiya. a former empire in E Europe and N and W Asia: overthrown by the Russian Revolution 1917. Cap.: St. Petersburg (1703 1917). 2. See Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. 3. See Russian… …
26Takeover — This article is about the business term. For Takeover, see Takeover (disambiguation). For the science fiction series, see Hostile Takeover Trilogy . In business, a takeover is the purchase of one company (the target) by another (the acquirer, or… …
27Solar updraft tower — This article is about a type of power plant. For other uses, see Solar tower (disambiguation). Schematic presentation of a Solar updraft tower The solar updraft tower is a renewable energy power plant. It combines the chimney effect, the… …
28gearing — the ratio between the business s debt and equity finance. Glossary of Business Terms financial leverage. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary Also known as leverage. Gearing describes the situation when an asset is controlled for a relatively low… …
29mortgage — mort·gage 1 / mȯr gij/ n [Anglo French, from Old French, from mort dead (from Latin mortuus ) + gage security] 1 a: a conveyance of title to property that is given to secure an obligation (as a debt) and that is defeated upon payment or… …
30Credit risk — Categories of financial risk Credit risk Concentration risk Market risk Interest rate risk Currency risk Equity risk Commodity risk Liquidity risk Refinancing risk …
