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A one-stop hub for financial education in multiple spheres and across a wide array of disciplines. It provides up-to-date definitions, terms and concepts about all fields of financial knowledge: finance, investment, financial markets, instruments, products, exchanges, trading, mutual funds, hedge funds, portfolios, derivatives, forex, banking, real estate, insurance, and valuation, among others.

A one-stop reference for tens of thousands of financial terms, alongside volumes of learning materials such as tutorials, articles, Q&As, editorial selections and pieces of opinion, and much more.

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PE Fund

An investment vehicle that pools the funds received from all its private equity (PE) investors for the purpose...
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Publicly Held Company

A company whose shares trade on an exchange or over-the-counter (OTC), being available for any investor to buy...
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Private Equity Fund

An investment vehicle that pools the funds received from all its private equity (PE) investors for the purpose...
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Redeployable Asset

An asset or set of assets that has alternative uses or ways of deployment (in addition to their...
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Asset Redeployability

A characterization of an asset or set of assets implying the extent to which these assets have alternative...
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Low-Grade Bond

A bond that carries a significant amount of default risk and therefore is granted low or very low...
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Non-Investment Grade Bond

A bond that carries a significant amount of default risk and therefore is granted low or very low...
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NGR

It stands for net-to-gross ratio; the ratio of the current net market value of open positions held between...
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Term Rate

An interest rate (market benchmark or reference rate) that provides market participants (specifically, borrowers) with a specified interest...
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Net-to-Gross Ratio

The ratio of the current net market value of open positions held between two counterparties related to the...
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Content is categorized into distinct sections, each with its own focus and perspective, and in each of which a yet more focused content is provided. The encyclopedia contains a huge universe of terms and entries covering everyday jargon and terminology of the financial world in different walks of discipline and specialization.

A collection of articles shed more light on all the topics and concepts relevant to the main themes of this website. The “question and answers” section provides concise and precise answers to a wide array of questions encountered on job and in learning. Tutorials puts at your disposal educational materials and how-to guides and instructions. Tools include ideas, insights, books, publications, reports, and financial calculators, excel sheets, among others.

Last but not least, in “pulse” and “editorial”, market developments and ongoing events are placed in the spotlight to establish a sense of connection between financial knowledge and practical aspects.

One-Stop Hub

Overall, Fincyclopedia is a one-stop platform for financial knowledge that uses a focused approach, as reflected in a compartmentalized or segmented pool of resources across multiple, distinct sections and sub-sections, each handling a specific area. This approach is meant to help users and learners identify their relevant areas of interest before digging deeper and fine-tuning toward desired results. For example, a given word (like abandonment) bears many meanings in different contexts such as business, banking, finance, derivatives, and insurance, to mention just a few.

The section-level alphabetical index and the built-in search function are designed to make search and comparison much easier. In “topics” section, the entire content of Fincyclopedia will be classified under main headings or root terms that enable the users to obtain a better perspective about common terms and their multiple uses across various contexts.

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    An interest risk management procedure in which the cash flows of a specific claim are assigned or mapped to a set of benchmark claims in… Read more


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