Creative Accounting
25 Apr 2008 Creative accounting, also called aggressive accounting, is the manipulation of financial numbers, usually within the let..- 112
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Agency Theory
25 Apr 2008 Agency theory is the branch of financial economics that looks at conflicts of interest between people with different int..- 127
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Agency Cross
25 Apr 2008 A transaction in a security is an agency cross if a broker matches orders between two of its clients directly, rather th..- 113
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AIM (Alternative Investment Market)
25 Apr 2008 AIM (alternative investment market) is a market run by the London Stock Exchange for trading in companies too small to l..- 105
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Angel Investor
25 Apr 2008 Many start-up companies cannot raise venture capital investment. This is usually because they are simply too small to in..- 111
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Amortisation
25 Apr 2008 Amortisation is the equivalent of depreciation for intangible assets. As this is essentially an accounting adjustment..- 108
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Alpha Fund
25 Apr 2008 The term alpha fund is misleading because although it implies maximising alpha, it in fact usually simply means actively..- 111
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Alpha
25 Apr 2008 The α (alpha) of a security or fund is its outperformance over the return adjusted for risk, with risk measured by ..- 112
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Allotment
25 Apr 2008 Allotment is the allocation of securities to applicants for a new issue. The allotment process is trivially simple if..- 113
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Aicardi Syndrome
25 Apr 2008 Aicardi syndrome, a neurological disorder, was identified more than 30 years ago. Yet since then not much knowledge has ..- 439
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Cystic Fibrosis
25 Apr 2008 Also called: CF Cystic fibrosis (CF) is an inherited disease of the mucus and sweat glands. It affects mostly your l..- 515
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Angelman Syndrome
25 Apr 2008 Disease characteristics. Angelman syndrome (AS) is characterized by severe developmental delay or mental retardation, se..- 370
