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Asset For Asset Swap
Definition: Creditors exchange the debt of one defaulting borrower for the debt of another defaulting borrower.
Definition: Creditors exchange the debt of one defaulting borrower for the debt of another defaulting borrower.
Asset Management Account
Definition: Account at a brokerage house, bank, or savings institution that integrates banking services and brokerage features.
Definition: Account at a brokerage house, bank, or savings institution that integrates banking services and brokerage features.
Asset Play
Definition: A company with assets that are not believed to be accurately reflected in its stock price, making it an attractive buy or play.
Definition: A company with assets that are not believed to be accurately reflected in its stock price, making it an attractive buy or play.
Asset Pricing Model
Definition: A model for determining the required or expected rate of return on an asset. Related: Capital asset pricing model and arbitrage pricing theory.
Definition: A model for determining the required or expected rate of return on an asset. Related: Capital asset pricing model and arbitrage pricing theory.
Asset Stripper
Definition: A corporate raider (company A) that takes over a target company (company B) in order to sell large assets of company B to repay debt. Company A calculates that the net, selling off the assets and paying off the debt, will leave the raider with assets that are worth more than what it paid for company B.
Definition: A corporate raider (company A) that takes over a target company (company B) in order to sell large assets of company B to repay debt. Company A calculates that the net, selling off the assets and paying off the debt, will leave the raider with assets that are worth more than what it paid for company B.
Asset Substitution
Definition: Occurs when a firm invests in assets that are riskier than those that the debtholders expected.
Definition: Occurs when a firm invests in assets that are riskier than those that the debtholders expected.
Asset Substitution Problem
Definition: Arises when the stockholders substitute riskier assets for the firm's existing assets and expropriate value from the debtholders.
Definition: Arises when the stockholders substitute riskier assets for the firm's existing assets and expropriate value from the debtholders.
Asset Swap
Definition: An interest rate swap used to alter the cash flow characteristics of an institution's assets in order to provide a better match with its liabilities.
Definition: An interest rate swap used to alter the cash flow characteristics of an institution's assets in order to provide a better match with its liabilities.
Asset Valuation Review
Definition: A review of all of a failing institution's assets to estimate the liquidation value of the assets. This estimate is used in the least cost analysis that is required by Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Improvement Act (FDICIA) of 1991.
Definition: A review of all of a failing institution's assets to estimate the liquidation value of the assets. This estimate is used in the least cost analysis that is required by Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Improvement Act (FDICIA) of 1991.
Asset Value
Definition: The net market value of a corporation's assets on a per-share basis, not the market value of the shares. A company is undervalued in the market when asset value exceeds market value.
Definition: The net market value of a corporation's assets on a per-share basis, not the market value of the shares. A company is undervalued in the market when asset value exceeds market value.
Asset-backed Security
Definition: A security that is collateralized by loans, leases, receivables, or installment contracts on personal property, not real estate.
Definition: A security that is collateralized by loans, leases, receivables, or installment contracts on personal property, not real estate.
Asset-based Financing
Definition: Methods of financing in which lenders and equity investors look principally to the cash flow from a particular asset or set of assets for a return on, and the return of, their financing.
Definition: Methods of financing in which lenders and equity investors look principally to the cash flow from a particular asset or set of assets for a return on, and the return of, their financing.
Asset-coverage Test
Definition: A bond indenture restriction that permits additional borrowing if the ratio of assets to debt does not fall below a specified minimum.
Definition: A bond indenture restriction that permits additional borrowing if the ratio of assets to debt does not fall below a specified minimum.
Asset/liability Management
Definition: The task of managing the funds of a financial institution to accomplish two goals: (1) to earn an adequate return on funds invested and (2) to maintain a comfortable surplus of assets beyond liabilities. Also called surplus management.
Definition: The task of managing the funds of a financial institution to accomplish two goals: (1) to earn an adequate return on funds invested and (2) to maintain a comfortable surplus of assets beyond liabilities. Also called surplus management.
Assets Requirements
Definition: A common element of a financial plan that describes projected capital spending and the proposed uses of net working capital.
Definition: A common element of a financial plan that describes projected capital spending and the proposed uses of net working capital.
Assignable Contract
Definition: A contract that allows the holder to convey his rights to a third party. Exchange-traded contracts are not assignable.
Definition: A contract that allows the holder to convey his rights to a third party. Exchange-traded contracts are not assignable.
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