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1. ''Noun''.  
1.


A measure calculated as, or converted into, a number.
The siting of a currency asset in a location other than the country of which the currency is the domestic currency.


The term is often used in the context of shareholder value management and risk management.
For example, a holding of Japanese yen in the United States (which would also be known as 'Euroyen').




A value-based metric is a performance measure which is linked in a direct and understandable way with the creation of value for shareholders.
2. ''Verb.''


Risk metrics are quantified measures of risk.
To offshore means to relocate a business - or part of a business - to another jurisdiction, often one where operational costs are lower.




2. ''Adjective''.  
3.


In a wider and non-financial context, the metric system of measurement is a decimal system based on the metre.
The term is also used in the context of transactions with a company resident in a tax haven, or about a company itself resident in a tax haven.




== See also ==
== See also ==
* [[Dashboard]]
* [[CNH]]
* [[Net promoter score]] (NPS)
* [[CNY]]
* [[Risk management]]
* [[Euro]]
* [[Shareholder value]]
* [[Euromarket]]
* [[Finance vehicle]]
* [[Offshore fund]]
* [[Onshore]]
* [[Reshore]]
* [[Tax haven]]


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[[Category:Accounting,_tax_and_regulation]]
[[Category:Knowledge_and_information_management]]
[[Category:Planning_and_projects]]
[[Category:The_business_context]]
[[Category:The_business_context]]
[[Category:Identify_and_assess_risks]]
[[Category:Financial_products_and_markets]]
[[Category:Manage_risks]]
[[Category:Risk_frameworks]]
[[Category:Risk_reporting]]
[[Category:Treasury_operations_infrastructure]]

Revision as of 07:52, 13 May 2020

1.

The siting of a currency asset in a location other than the country of which the currency is the domestic currency.

For example, a holding of Japanese yen in the United States (which would also be known as 'Euroyen').


2. Verb.

To offshore means to relocate a business - or part of a business - to another jurisdiction, often one where operational costs are lower.


3.

The term is also used in the context of transactions with a company resident in a tax haven, or about a company itself resident in a tax haven.


See also