- Industry: Financial services
- Number of terms: 73910
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Refers to banks that are rated AAA by IBCA, Moodys Investor Service and Standard & Poors.
Industry:Financial services
An imported merchandise tax expressed as a percentage.
Industry:Financial services
Party who applies to open a bank for the issuance of a letter of credit.
Industry:Financial services
An accounting system that tries to match the recognition of revenues earned with the expenses incurred in generating those revenues. It ignores the timing of the cash flows associated with revenues and expenses.
Industry:Financial services
An approximate measure of the liability of a pension plan in the event of a termination at the date the calculation is performed. Related: Projected benefit obligation.
Industry:Financial services
The pursuit of investment returns in excess of a specified benchmark.
Industry:Financial services
Return relative to a benchmark. If a portfolio's return is 5%, and the benchmark's return is 3%, then the portfolio's active return is 2%.
Industry:Financial services
