securities transaction
121Private equity — In finance, private equity is an asset class consisting of equity securities in operating companies that are not publicly traded on a stock exchange. There is a wide array of types and styles of private equity and the term private equity has… …
122Credit default swap — If the reference bond performs without default, the protection buyer pays quarterly payments to the seller until maturity …
123NYSE Euronext — NYSE Euronext, Inc. Type Public Traded as NYSE: NYX Euronext:  …
124USA PATRIOT Act, Title III, Subtitle B — The USA PATRIOT Act was passed by the United States Congress in 2001 as a response to the September 11, 2001 attacks. It has ten titles, with the third title ( Title III: International Money Laundering Abatement and Financial Anti Terrorism Act… …
125Late-2000s financial crisis — The TED spread (in red) increased significantly during the financial crisis, reflecting an increase in perceived credit risk …
126Mortgage fraud — is crime in which the intent is to materially misrepresent or omit information on a mortgage loan application to obtain a loan or to obtain a larger loan than would have been obtained had the lender or borrower known the truth. In United States… …
127History of private equity and venture capital — The history of private equity and venture capital and the development of these asset classes has occurred through a series of boom and bust cycles since the middle of the 20th century. Within the broader private equity industry, two distinct sub… …
128repurchase agreement — Under Title 11 U.S.C. Section 101: (47) The term repurchase agreement (which definition also applies to a reverse repurchase agreement) (A) means (i) an agreement, including related terms, which provides for the transfer of one or more… …
