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(CFD).  
1. ''Law''. 


An arrangement whereby the difference in price between two underlying securities or financial instruments (one of which could be cash) is settled in the future in cash, rather than by the delivery of the securities or instruments.
A partnership exists where two or more individuals enter into business together.


Effectively the CFD is a spread bet on the outturn market price or rate.
Governed in the UK by the Partnership Act 1890 and the Limited Liability Partnerships Act 2000.




A CFD provides an investor with the benefits and risks of ownership of a security (or other market position) without actually owning it.
2.


Examples include Forward Rate Agreements (FRAs), Non-Deliverable Forwards (NDFs) and swaps.
More broadly, any collaboration between different organisations or other entities.
 
Also known as a Contract for Difference.




== See also ==
== See also ==
* [[Contract]]
* [[Corporation]]
* [[Equity swap]]
* [[Drawings]]
* [[Forward rate agreement]]
* [[Firm]]
* [[Non-deliverable forward]]
* [[General partner]]
* [[Spread bet]]
* [[Limited liability partnership]]
* [[Swap]]
* [[Limited partner]]
* [[Limited partnership]]
* [[LLC]]
* [[Public private partnership]]
* [[Trans-Pacific Partnership]]
* [[Unincorporated]]


[[Category:Accounting,_tax_and_regulation]]
[[Category:Compliance_and_audit]]
[[Category:The_business_context]]
[[Category:Identify_and_assess_risks]]
[[Category:Manage_risks]]

Revision as of 16:34, 14 June 2022

1. Law.

A partnership exists where two or more individuals enter into business together.

Governed in the UK by the Partnership Act 1890 and the Limited Liability Partnerships Act 2000.


2.

More broadly, any collaboration between different organisations or other entities.


See also