liquidation risk
1risk — (1) Noun The possibility of loss. (2) Noun The uncertainty of whether events, expected or otherwise, will have an adverse impact. In this context, the adverse impact is usually a quantity of return ( income) or value at risk. (3) Noun the… …
2Liquidation Preference — A term used in venture capital contracts to specify which investors get paid first and how much they get paid in the event of a liquidation event such as the sale of the company. Liquidation preference helps protect venture capitalists from… …
3Risk Arbitrage — A broad definition for three types of arbitrage that contain an element of risk: 1) Merger and acquisition arbitrage The simultaneous purchase of stock in a company being acquired and the sale (or short sale) of stock in the acquiring company. 2) …
4Liquidation Level — In forex trading, the specific value of a trader s account below which the liquidation of the trader s positions is automatically triggered and executed at the best available exchange rate at the time. The liquidation level is expressed as a… …
5Investment risk — On ground of assurance of the return, there are two kinds of Investments Riskless and Risky. Riskless investments are guaranteed, but since the value of a guarantee is only as good as the guarantor, those backed by the full faith and confidence… …
6credit risk — The risk to earnings or capital from the potential that a borrower or counterparty will fail to perform on an obligation. Usually, but not always, the obligation in question is a requirement to make interest or principal payments. Sometimes… …
7Credit risk — The risk that an issuer of debt securities or a borrower may default on his obligations, or that the payment may not be made on a negotiable instrument. Related: Default risk * * * credit risk credit risk ➔ risk1 * * * The risk that an issuer… …
8Contract for difference — In finance, a contract for difference (or CFD) is a contract between two parties, typically described as buyer and seller , stipulating that the buyer will pay to the seller the difference between the current value of an asset and its value at… …
9Neil Chriss — Neil A. Chriss is a mathematician, academic, hedge fund manager, philanthropist and a founding board member of the charity organization Math for America which seeks to improve math education in the United States. Contents 1 Early career 2… …
10Liability Matching — An increasingly popular investment strategy that attempts to time future assets sales and income streams to match against expected future expenses. The strategy has become widely embraced among pension fund managers, who attempt to minimize a… …
