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  2. Substance over form - Wikipedia

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    Substance over form is an accounting principle used "to ensure that financial statements give a complete, relevant, and accurate picture of transactions and events". If an entity practices the 'substance over form' concept, then the financial statements will convey the overall financial reality of the entity (economic substance), rather than simply reporting the legal record of transactions ...

  3. List of business and finance abbreviations - Wikipedia

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    Multiple K's are not commonly used to represent larger numbers. In other words, it would look odd to use $1.2KK to represent $1,200,000. Ke – Is used as an abbreviation for Cost of Equity (COE). Ke is the risk-adjusted, theoretical rate of return on a Company's invested excess capital obtained through external investments.

  4. Form (document) - Wikipedia

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    A form is a document which contains blank spaces (also named fields or placeholders) in which one can write or select an option. Forms can be distributed to several signatories at once, or made available on demand. Before being filled out, each copy of a form is usually identical, except, possibly, for a serial number. A form allows an ...

  5. Environmental, social, and governance - Wikipedia

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    In other words, the aim of integrating an ESG policy is to have a positive effect on financial performance to cover the costs it generates. Despite the positive correlation between the inclusions of ESG criteria and financial performance, it does not imply that companies' primary aim is to become socially and environmentally responsible.

  6. Glossary of mergers, acquisitions, and takeovers - Wikipedia

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    A ploy to foil a takeover bid in which the target company goes out and buys a heavily regulated business so that acquisition of such a company becomes unattractive to the sharks. Sandbagging A defensive move in a takeover bid, in which the target company plays for time being, in the hope that a white knight will come to the rescue.

  7. Financial transaction - Wikipedia

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    The most common type, purchases, occur when a good, service, or other commodity is sold to a consumer in exchange for money. Most purchases are made with cash payments, including physical currency, debit cards, or cheques. [3] The other main form of payment is credit, which gives immediate access to funds in exchange for repayment at a later ...

  8. Financial instrument - Wikipedia

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    Financial instruments are monetary contracts between parties. They can be created, traded, modified and settled. They can be cash (currency), evidence of an ownership, interest in an entity or a contractual right to receive or deliver in the form of currency (forex); debt (bonds, loans); equity (); or derivatives (options, futures, forwards).

  9. Financial asset - Wikipedia

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    According to the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), a financial asset can be: . Cash or cash equivalent, Equity instruments of another entity,; Contractual right to receive cash or another financial asset from another entity or to exchange financial assets or financial liabilities with another entity under conditions that are potentially favorable to the entity,