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United Kingdom-based news service and former financial market data provider that provides news reports from around the world to news media
A court proceeding in which the assets of an insolvent company or individual are liquidated. See also Insolvency, Solvency.
Industry:Financial services
A type of chart, widely used by technical analysts and traders, that represents price information on a vertical bar. The top of the bar is the highest price and the bottom of the bar the lowest. A dash on the left-hand side of the bar denotes the opening price and a dash on the right-hand side the closing price. (Figure 1.) See also Technical Analysis.
Industry:Financial services
Volume measurement of liquid in the petroleum industry, equal to 42 US gallons or 35 imperial gallons or about 0.136 tonnes, depending on specific gravity.
Industry:Financial services
Recognised worldwide as bpd. It is a measure of the flow of crude oil production from a field or producing company or a country.
Industry:Financial services
An option, which is activated or deactivated once the price of the underlying financial instrument reaches a set level, known as the barrier. It can be categorised into either trigger or knockout options. See also Options.
Industry:Financial services
The exchange of goods or services where no money is paid. Also known as counter trade.
Industry:Financial services
The currency that forms the base of a quotation, i.e. the denominator expressed as a unit of one (or sometimes a hundred). For example, the base currency in a US dollar/euro quotation is the dollar, whereas the base currency in the dollar/sterling quote is the pound.
Industry:Financial services
A committee of the Bank for International Settlements that formulates broad supervisory standards for best banking practise and supervision, including setting the minimum capital standards for banks. See also BIS.
Industry:Financial services
Guidelines set by the Basel Committee of the BIS on the amount of capital that banks need to cover risks of default on their loan portfolio, or other problems with their operations. The riskier the loan portfolio the higher the capital requirements. See also BIS, Basel Committee.
Industry:Financial services
Major industrial non-ferrous metals other than precious metals and minor metals; notably copper, lead, tin, zinc, aluminium, nickel. See also Minor Metals, Precious Metals.
Industry:Financial services
