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Transparent means having the desirable quality of making full disclosure of information to markets and other stakeholders, in such a way that they can readily see and understand what has been done.


''Law.''
Transparent is the opposite of ''opaque.''
 
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 or common equity) in a company.
 
 
3.
 
Securities representing the rights of the risk capital investors in 2. above.
 
 
4.
 
''Financial reporting''.
 
Amounts in the financial report of a company representing the book value of the interests of the shareholders in 2. above.
 
It includes share capital, cumulative retained profits, and other reserves.
 
It is also known as 'total equity' or 'shareholders' funds'.
 
 
5.
 
The net value of an asset, after deducting any debt relating to it or secured on it.




== See also ==
== See also ==
* [[An introduction to equity capital]]
* [[Corporate governance]]
* [[Blue chip]]
* [[Disclosure]]
* [[Book value]]
* [[Disclosure and Transparency Rules]]
* [[Capital structure]]
* [[Efficient market]]
* [[Common law]]
* [[Ethics]]
* [[Common stock]]
* [[FAST]]
* [[Compound instrument]]
* [[Financial reporting]]
* [[Debt]]
* [[FRANDT]]
* [[Debt for equity swap]]
* [[Invisible FX]]
* [[Dividend growth model]]
* [[Opaque]]
* [[Entity]]
* [[Price transparency]]
* [[Equity cost of capital]]
* [[Regulation]]
* [[Equity instrument]]
* [[Stakeholder]]
* [[Equity investments]]
* [[STS]]
* [[Equity swap]]
* [[Tax transparency initiative]]
* [[Kay Review]]
* [[Transparency]]
* [[Liabilities and equity]]
* [[Visibility]]
* [[Market/book ratio]]
* [[MCT]]
* [[Mezzanine]]
* [[Ordinary shares]]
* [[Private equity]]
* [[Reserves]]
* [[Return on equity]]
* [[Share]]
* [[Share capital]]
* [[Shareholders’ funds]]
* [[Stock]]
* [[Total Loss Absorbing Capacity]]
* [[Total return swap]]


[[Category:Corporate_finance]]
[[Category:Accounting,_tax_and_regulation]]
[[Category:The_business_context]]
[[Category:Compliance_and_audit]]
[[Category:Compliance_and_audit]]
[[Category:Ethics]]
[[Category:Financial_products_and_markets]]

Revision as of 08:20, 31 August 2022

Transparent means having the desirable quality of making full disclosure of information to markets and other stakeholders, in such a way that they can readily see and understand what has been done.

Transparent is the opposite of opaque.


See also

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