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1. ''Assets.''
1.  


In relation to an asset, able to be turned into cash quickly and without significant loss compared with current market value.
An asset's ability to be turned into cash quickly and without significant loss compared with current market value.




2. ''Markets.''
2.  


In relation to a market, a situation in which large quantities of the asset traded in the market can be bought or sold at any time, with low transaction costs, and without affecting the market price.
An entity’s ability to pay its obligations when they fall due, especially in the short term.
 
 
3.
 
An entity's ability to source additional funds to meet its obligations, including in the medium and longer term.
 
 
4.
 
A financial measure designed to quantify an entity's ability to meet its obligations when they fall due.
* For non-financial organisations, simple measures of liquidity include the ''current ratio'' and the ''quick ratio''.
* For banks and other financial institutions, liquidity measures include those which identify how long the bank could survive if wholesale funds were to dry up and retail funding was heavily stressed. This period is known as the ''survival period''.




== See also ==
== See also ==
* [[Assets]]
* [[Authorisation]]
* [[Authority limits]]
* [[Cash and cash equivalents]]
* [[Cash and cash equivalents]]
* [[Cash forecasting]]
* [[Cash forecasting]]
* [[Current assets]]
* [[Cash pool]]
* [[CertICM]]
* [[CRD IV]]
* [[Current ratio]]
* [[Deep market]]
* [[Deep market]]
* [[High Quality Liquid Assets]] (HQLA)
* [[Funding]]
* [[Headroom target]]
* [[Illiquid]]
* [[Illiquid]]
* [[Liquid market]]
* [[Leverage]]
* [[Liquidate]]
* [[Liquidate]]
* [[Liquidation]]
* [[Liquidation]]
* [[Liquidity]]
* [[Liquidity buffer]]
* [[Liquidity buffer]]
* [[Liquidity Coverage Ratio]]
* [[Liquidity Coverage Ratio]]
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* [[Liquidity premium]]
* [[Liquidity premium]]
* [[Liquidity risk]]
* [[Liquidity risk]]
* [[Non-current assets]]
* [[Money management]]
* [[Net Stable Funding Ratio]]
* [[Quick ratio]]
* [[Run]]
* [[Security]]
* [[Solvency]]
* [[Solvency]]
* [[Stress]]
* [[Stress]]
* [[Supply chain finance]]
* [[Survival period]]
* [[Survival period]]
* [[Yield]]




== Other resource ==
=== Other resources ===
*[[Media:2015_06_June_-_Safety_first.pdf| Safety first, The Treasurer, 2015]]
*[[Media:2015_06_June_-_Safety_first.pdf| Safety first, The Treasurer, 2015]]


[[Category:The_business_context]]
[[Category:Identify_and_assess_risks]]
[[Category:Manage_risks]]
[[Category:Risk_frameworks]]
[[Category:Cash_management]]
[[Category:Financial_products_and_markets]]
[[Category:Liquidity_management]]
[[Category:Liquidity_management]]

Revision as of 08:04, 4 April 2017

1.

An asset's ability to be turned into cash quickly and without significant loss compared with current market value.


2.

An entity’s ability to pay its obligations when they fall due, especially in the short term.


3.

An entity's ability to source additional funds to meet its obligations, including in the medium and longer term.


4.

A financial measure designed to quantify an entity's ability to meet its obligations when they fall due.

  • For non-financial organisations, simple measures of liquidity include the current ratio and the quick ratio.
  • For banks and other financial institutions, liquidity measures include those which identify how long the bank could survive if wholesale funds were to dry up and retail funding was heavily stressed. This period is known as the survival period.


See also


Other resources