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''Regulation.''
1. ''Law.''
A legal system that resolves disputes between persons by resort to principles of fairness and justness.


(DGS).
2. The capital of a firm invested by those accepting the greatest degree of risk, for example the holders of ordinary shares (also known as common stock) in a company.


A scheme that guarantees certain bank depositors' funds - subject to specified limits - should the bank fail.
3. Securities representing the rights of the risk capital investors in 2. above.


4. The net value of an asset, after deducting debt relating to it or secured on it.


The guaranteed amount in the UK is limited and may vary from one year to the next. For example, for a failure after January 2017 the limit was £85,000.
== See also ==
 
* [[Blue chip]]
The limits were established as the approximate domestic currency equivalent of EUR 100,000.
* [[Capital structure]]
 
* [[Common law]]
 
* [[Common stock]]
The UK deposit guaranteee scheme is the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS), overseen by the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA).
* [[Compound instrument]]
 
* [[Debt]]
 
* [[Debt for equity swap]]
==See also==
* [[Dividend growth model]]
* [[BIP]]
* [[Entity]]
* [[DGSD]]
* [[Equity cost of capital]]
* [[Financial Services Compensation Scheme]]
* [[Equity instrument]]
* [[International Association of Deposit Insurers]]
* [[Equity investments]]
* [[Prudential Regulation Authority]]
* [[Equity swap]]
* [[Retail]]
* [[Kay Review]]
* [[Stability]]
* [[Liabilities and equity]]
 
* [[Market/book ratio]]
[[Category:Accounting,_tax_and_regulation]]
* [[Mezzanine]]
* [[Ordinary shares]]
* [[Return on equity]]
* [[Share]]
* [[Shareholders’ funds]]
* [[Stock]]
* [[Total return swap]]

Revision as of 16:25, 25 March 2013

1. Law. A legal system that resolves disputes between persons by resort to principles of fairness and justness.

2. The capital of a firm invested by those accepting the greatest degree of risk, for example the holders of ordinary shares (also known as common stock) in a company.

3. Securities representing the rights of the risk capital investors in 2. above.

4. The net value of an asset, after deducting debt relating to it or secured on it.

See also