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What are Pass-Through Securities?
Accounting & Finance Concepts

What are Pass-Through Securities?

Pass-through securities are one of the widely used financial instruments. Several mortgages may form the pool for a mortgage security

Owais Siddiqui
08 Oct 2022
3 min read
What is Risk Culture? Unraveling the Essence of Organizational Decision-Making
Accounting & Finance Concepts

What is Risk Culture? Unraveling the Essence of Organizational Decision-Making

Risk culture is an element of risk management that can’t be controlled directly because it is embedded in an organisation’s culture.

Owais Siddiqui
08 Oct 2022
5 min read
What is Forward Rate Agreement?
Risk & Quantitative Finance

What is Forward Rate Agreement?

An instrument that guarantees that a particular rate will be earned during a specific future period is called a forward rate agreement

Philip Meagher
08 Oct 2022
3 min read

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Global Financial Crisis & Impact
Accounting & Finance Concepts

Global Financial Crisis & Impact

The global financial crisis (GFC) refers to the period of extreme stress in global financial markets and banking systems

Owais Siddiqui
08 Oct 2022
2 min read
Business Continuity Plan
Accounting & Finance Concepts

Business Continuity Plan

Business continuity plans detail how a company will operate during and after a disaster. It may include contingency plans

Owais Siddiqui
07 Oct 2022
2 min read
What is a Random Variable in Finance? Navigating Financial Uncertainties
Risk & Quantitative Finance

What is a Random Variable in Finance? Navigating Financial Uncertainties

A random variable is a variable with an unknown value or a function that gives values to each of the results of an experiment.

Owais Siddiqui
07 Oct 2022
5 min read

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CAMEL in finance
Accounting & Finance Concepts

CAMEL in finance

In the CAMEL system, five broad factors are used including Capital (C), Asset quality (A), Management (M), Earnings (E), and Liquidity (L).

Owais Siddiqui
07 Oct 2022
1 min read
Conditional Distribution
Risk & Quantitative Finance

Conditional Distribution

A probability distribution for a sub-population is known as a Conditional Distribution that a randomly selected item in a sub-population has.

Owais Siddiqui
07 Oct 2022
1 min read
What is Kurtosis?
Accounting & Finance Concepts

What is Kurtosis?

Kurtosis measures a distribution’s shape, specifically the total probability in the distribution’s tails compared to the rest of the distribution.

Owais Siddiqui
07 Oct 2022
3 min read
Concentration Risk and Concentration Ratio
Accounting & Finance Concepts

Concentration Risk and Concentration Ratio

Concentration risk is the risk of financial loss that may arise due to exposure to multiple counterparties for a specific group.

Owais Siddiqui
06 Oct 2022
2 min read
Solvency II
Accounting & Finance Concepts

Solvency II

Solvency II is a Directive in European Union law that codifies and harmonizes the EU insurance regulation.

Owais Siddiqui
06 Oct 2022
2 min read
Forward Rates
Risk & Quantitative Finance

Forward Rates

Forward rates is the settlement price of a transaction that will not take place until a predetermined date. The future spot rates implied by today’s spot rates are forward rates.

Owais Siddiqui
06 Oct 2022
2 min read
Collateralization
Accounting & Finance Concepts

Collateralization

Collateralization concept says that when two parties are involved in a trade, one party will have a negative exposure

Owais Siddiqui
06 Oct 2022
1 min read

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