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Protection for lenders/investors in securities, against the potentially adverse effects of call risk.
''Financial reporting - balance sheet - assets.''


(CCE).


The issuer's right to call for early redemption is restricted.  
For financial reporting purposes, cash equivalents are:
*Short-term, highly liquid investments that are
*Readily convertible to known amounts of cash and
*Which are subject to an insignificant risk of changes in value.


For example, they may be prevented from making a call until a specified time period has elapsed.


Another type of protection is a [[Spens clause]].
Examples of cash equivalents for financial reporting purposes include money market instruments, treasury bills, short-term government bonds, marketable securities and commercial paper.




Non-bank investors buying bank loans in the secondary market have been the source of pressure for some call risk protection in loans.
Cash and cash equivalents are normally reported as a single aggregated figure in the primary statement of financial position.




== See also ==
==See also==
* [[Call risk]]
* [[Assets]]
* [[Hard call protection]]
* [[Balance sheet]]
* [[Security]]
*[[Cash]]
* [[Soft call protection]]
*[[Cash equivalents]]
* [[Spens clause]]
*[[Cashflow statement]]
*[[Liquidity]]
*[[Statement of financial position]]
 
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[[Category:Compliance_and_audit]]
[[Category:Cash_management]]

Revision as of 11:14, 24 December 2020

Financial reporting - balance sheet - assets.

(CCE).

For financial reporting purposes, cash equivalents are:

  • Short-term, highly liquid investments that are
  • Readily convertible to known amounts of cash and
  • Which are subject to an insignificant risk of changes in value.


Examples of cash equivalents for financial reporting purposes include money market instruments, treasury bills, short-term government bonds, marketable securities and commercial paper.


Cash and cash equivalents are normally reported as a single aggregated figure in the primary statement of financial position.


See also