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Equity Carve-Out

An initial public offering (IPO)/ initial public sale of a minority interest (e.g., 20% or less) in the equity (stock)...

PI

An acronym for portfolio insurance; a type of capital protection product that has no cap placed on its performance, while...

Portfolio Insurance

A type of capital protection product that has no cap placed on its performance, while typically offering synthetic participation in...

Investment Pool

A pool (collection of distinct assets) whose risks and rewards (dhaman and ghunm), wholly or proportionately, are attributable to the...

MVF

It stands for minimum variance frontier; a depiction of various combinations of risky assets for a portfolio construction, each with...

Minimum Variance Frontier

A depiction of various combinations of risky assets for a portfolio construction, each with its specific risk-return characteristics. These characteristics...

Endogenous Portfolio

A portfolio whose composition is endogenously determined. In other words, an endogenous portfolio is constructed from components handpicked and selected...

Investment Risk

A type of risk that reflects the possibility that investors will have to buy or sell a specific amount of...

Equity Risk

A type of risk that is associated with equity in all its types. It is a financial risk that an...

EIR

An acronym for equity investment risk; a type of risk that is associated with equity investments (investments in equity) such...