Security
From ACT Wiki
1. Assets pledged by a borrower, as additional protection for the lender's interest. For example a residential mortgage loan, for which the security is the residential property mortgaged to the lender.
2. A tradable legal claim upon the assets of the issuer of the security. Examples of traded securities include shares and bonds.
3. Safety, including both physical safety and - for example - the confidentiality of information.
4. Systems and procedures to improve safety. Including for example both physical access controls and electronic controls such as encryption and passwords.
See also
- Alienation of assets
- Bells and whistles
- Bond
- Bought deal
- Charge
- Collateral
- Collateral agreement
- Deep discount issue
- Deep market
- Deregulation
- Dual currency bond
- Filter rule
- Financial instrument
- Firm bid/Firm offer
- Fixed charge
- Floating charge
- Insider dealing
- Investment bank
- Issue price
- Issuer
- Issuing house
- Listed security
- Listing
- Medium term notes
- Mortgage
- Negative pledge
- Non-callable
- Offer for sale
- Open-ended investment company
- Over the counter
- Principal value
- Private placement
- Promissory note
- Prospectus
- Quotation/Quote
- Registered security
- Safekeeping
- Secured creditor
- Secured debt
- Securitisation
- Share
- Stock
- Traded option
- Tranche
- Undated
- Undervalued
- Underwriting
- Unsecured debt
