FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS AND PRUDENTIAL POLICY UNIT - FIPP
A division within the Centre for European Policy Studies. The Financial Institutions and Prudential Policy Unit (FIPP) is mainly a research unit which looks into four main areas of concern: regulation and supervision of financial institutions and financial stability; investigating size, diversity and innovation in the financial sector in Europe; internal market for financial services; positioning of small/ regional/ international financial centers.
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Asset Substitution Problem
A problem which arises when a company trades its low-risk assets for high-risk investments. This substitution moves the value from the bondholders ...
Lawful Money
Any currency, in coin or paper form, that is issued by the United States Treasury, not the Federal Reserve System. It also includes gold and silver ...
Red Clause Letter Of Credit
It refers to a specific type of letter of credit where a buyer extends an unsecured loan to a seller. This permits documentary credit beneficiaries ...
Trust Certificate
Bond or debt investment backed by other assets and serve like a collateral. Normally in a public company, the assets may be seized or sold for the ...
Cowboy Marketing
Slang term for a situation in which a firm is unaware a marketer sends massive spam emails to everyone promote the stock, instead of producing legi ...
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Buying a Home: Obtaining a Homeowners Insurance
You are one step closer to acquiring your dream house, and you want to make sure it has substantial protection against any disaster or occurrence t ...
Student Loans: Loan Repayment
Students, soon after your graduation, you need to enter the repayment phase. In other words, you have to start paying off your student loans. This ...
How Do You Intend to Live?
How do you want to live?
You are no longer happy with the current state of your home. So you are mulling the idea of moving out or remode ...
Student Loans: Repaying Debts Faster
Student loans may not be paid overnight, but we want to pay it off in a fastest way possible. Is it possible?
Before anything else, one h ...
An Introduction to Stocks
Imagine this: you are a company owner, you get income but you don’t go to work, you just do what you want and the money keeps coming in. This ...
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