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(UKFI).


''Accounting''.  
United Kingdom Financial Investments Ltd was the organisation set up in 2008 to manage the UK government's investments in financial institutions.


Profit margin measures the surplus of revenues over relevant costs, often expressed as a percentage.
UKFI was responsible for managing government investments in recipient banks, including government shareholdings in Royal Bank of Scotland and Lloyds Banking Group, and government shareholdings in - and loans to - UK Asset Resolution (UKAR).




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UKFI's responsibilities have now been transferred to United Kingdom Government Investments Ltd (UKGI).


''Bank lending''.


Lending margin is a percentage amount added to a market reference rate, to calculate the total rate of interest payable by a borrower.
==See also==
* [[B&B]]
* [[HM Treasury]]
* [[UK Asset Resolution]]
* [[United Kingdom]]
* [[United Kingdom Government Investments Ltd]]


 
[[Category:The_business_context]]
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''Derivatives markets''.
 
Margin is a refundable cash deposit payable by market participants to protect other participants in the market against the risk of a default.
 
 
== See also ==
* [[Futures]]
* [[Initial margin]]
* [[Maintenance margin]]
* [[Tax sparing]]
* [[Variation margin]]

Revision as of 09:49, 19 June 2019

(UKFI).

United Kingdom Financial Investments Ltd was the organisation set up in 2008 to manage the UK government's investments in financial institutions.

UKFI was responsible for managing government investments in recipient banks, including government shareholdings in Royal Bank of Scotland and Lloyds Banking Group, and government shareholdings in - and loans to - UK Asset Resolution (UKAR).


UKFI's responsibilities have now been transferred to United Kingdom Government Investments Ltd (UKGI).


See also