pledge of securities
1pledge — 1 / plej/ n 1: a delivery of esp. personal property as security for a debt or other obligation; broadly: the perfection of a security interest in collateral through possession of the collateral by a creditor or other promisee 2 a: property and… …
2pledge — ▪ I. pledge pledge 1 [pledʒ] noun [countable] 1. JOURNALISM a formal, usually public, promise that you will do something: • the President s pledge to make employment his priority 2. LAW …
3Pledge (law) — In law a pledge (also pawn) is a bailment of personal property as a security for some debt or engagement [Joseph Story, Story on Bailments , 286.] The term is also used to denote the property which constitutes the security.Pledge is the pignus of …
4securities lending — The temporary transfer of securities from an investor s portfolio to a counterparty borrower. The counterparty may borrow to cover securities transaction fails (securities sold but for some reason unavailable for delivery to the buyers), short… …
5Securities — Security Se*cu ri*ty, n.; pl. {Securities}. [L. securitas: cf. F. s[ e]curit[ e]. See {Secure}, and cf. {Surety}.] 1. The condition or quality of being secure; secureness. Specifically: (a) Freedom from apprehension, anxiety, or care; confidence… …
6securities — n. (Finance) generic term stocks and bonds and shares se·cu·ri·ty || sɪ kjÊŠrÉ™tɪ / kjÊŠÉ™r n. safety; protection, defense; act of making safe; pledge, guarantee; stock, bond; freedom from danger; serenity, tranquility adj. pertaining to… …
7Interest in securities — An interest in securities is the asset of a client for whom an intermediary holds securities on an unallocated basis, commingled with the interests in securities of other clients. The distinction between securities and interests in securities is… …
8International Organization of Securities Commissions — The International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) is an international organization that brings together the regulators of the world’s securities and futures markets. It, along with its sister organizations, the Basel Committee on… …
9Hague Securities Convention — The Hague Securities Convention is an international multilateral treaty intended to remove, globally, legal uncertainties for cross border securities transactions. [http://hcch.e vision.nl/index en.php?act=conventions.text cid=72] The Convention… …
10Central Securities Depository — A Central Securities Depository (CSD) is an organization holding securities either in certificated or uncertificated (dematerialized) form, to enable book entry transfer of securities. In some cases these organizations also carry out centralized… …