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Search definitions        Search       All     A     B     C     D     E     F     G     H     I     J     K     L     M     N   O   P     Q     R     S     T     U     V     W     X     Y     Z         Obligor An individual or Institution bound by a legal obligation. In credit situations, usually the borrower. An entity that has an obligation to pay all principal and Interest payments on a Debt is a Obligor . Bond issuers are examples of obligors. Also referred... Posted by  Privatebanking.com View details Obsolescence Risk The Risk that a process, product or technology used or produced by a company for profit Will become obsolete, and is no longer competitive in the marketplace. Obsolescence Risk is most significant for technology-based companies or companies with offerings... Posted by  Opal Financial Group View details OCC Office of Comptroller of the Currency OCC Charters, regulates and supervises all national banks. It also supervises all federal branches and agencies of foreign banks. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (or OCC) was established by the National... Posted by  Privatebanking.com View details Off-balance-sheet financing Off Balance Sheet (OBS) usually means an asset or Debt or financing activity not on the company's Balance Sheet. Financing from sources other than Debt and Equity offerings, such as joint ventures, R&D partnerships, and operating leases. It could involve... Posted by  IQPC Ltd View details Old Lady An eighteenth century nickname for the Bank of England. The full name is the Old Lady of Thread needle Street, which refers to the bank's location. The Bank of England is located in the middle of the city of London on Thread needle Street. James Gillray... Posted by  Privatebanking.com View details One-Stop Shop A company or a location that offers a multitude of services to a client or a customer. The idea is to provide convenient and efficient service and also to create the opportunity for the company to sell more products to clients and customers. This is a... Posted by  Privatebanking.com View details Online banking Online banking is where a bank offers its customers the opportunity to interact with their banking system electronically over the internet. The exact makeup of services varies between banks but generally includes a facility to check balances and transfer... Posted by  Privatebanking.com View details OPALS Optimized Portfolio as Listed Securities A Portfolio of securities used to closely track an index without the exposure of purchasing all securities within that index. OPALS are similar to ETFs and are generally used by large institutional investors... Posted by  Privatebanking.com View details Operational Efficiency A market condition that exists when participants can execute transactions and receive services at a price that equates fairly to the actual costs required to provide them. An operationally-efficient market permits investors to make transactions that move... Posted by  Information Management Network LLC. View details Option A financial Derivative that represents a contract sold by one party (Option Writer) to another party (Option Holder). Options are financial instruments that convey the right, but not the obligation, to engage in a Future transaction, i.e., to buy (call)... Posted by  Privatebanking.com View details Option on shares Optional contract being the subject of a negotiation on the MONEP and bearing on some shares. Securities known as negotiable supports of options are the only one concerned. There are around fifty of them, selected among the most active securities of the... Posted by  Privatebanking.com View details Ordinary Income Income received that is taxed at the highest rates, or ordinary income rates. Ordinary income is composed mainly of wages, salaries, commissions and Interest income (as from bonds). Ordinary Income can only be Offset with standard Tax deductions, while... Posted by  Privatebanking.com View details Ordinary interest Interest as calculated on a 360-day-a-year Basis. Interest can be the charge for the privilege of borrowing money, typically expressed as an annual percentage rate, the amount of ownership a stockholder has in a company, usually expressed as a percentage.... Posted by  Privatebanking.com View details Origination Fee The fee paid to a lender for processing a loan application; it is stated as a percentage of the mortgage amount. An origination fee is a payment associated with the establishment of a new loan. This fee is paid to the bank (or perhaps the Broker) that... Posted by  Privatebanking.com View details OTS Short for Office of Thrift Supervision. A bureau of the U.S. Treasury Department established in August 1989. OTS has the authority to Charter federal Thrift Institutions and serves as the primary regulator of approximately 2,000 federal and state chartered... Posted by  Privatebanking.com View details Out-of-cash date For a company with a High Burn rate, the Future date at which the company Will run out of money if the current Burn rate remains constant. For a company with negative Cash flow, the rate of that negative Cash flow, usually per month is the Burn rate. Posted by  Privatebanking.com View details Over-The-Counter - OTC The phrase "over-the-counter" can be used to refer to stocks that trade via a dealer network as opposed to on a centralized Exchange. It also refers to Debt securities and other financial instruments such as derivatives, which are traded through a dealer... Posted by  Henley & Partners Group Holdings Ltd View details Over-The-Counter Bulletin Board - OTCBB A regulated electronic trading service offered by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD) that shows real-time quotes, last-sale prices and Volume information for over-the-counter (OTC) Equity securities. Companies listed on this Exchange... Posted by  Privatebanking.com View details Overhang Overhang is a problem caused by fear that the arrival of a large number of shares on the market Will depress the share price. Overhang may refer to: * Debt overhang, a fiscal situation of a government * Market overhang, a concept in marketing * Monetary... Posted by  Privatebanking.com View details Overnight limit The maximum amount of Currency positions that can be carried over from one trading day to another. The overnight Limit is set by the Central Bank regulation the financial Institution where the positions are held. It is net Long or Short Position in one... 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