The Preferred Return of the Financial Jedi
In this week's episode of ' A Dictionary of Finance ' podcast by the European Investment Bank we talk about the intersection of the private...
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Allar and Matt work for the EU bank. But they’re not bankers. So they often find themselves wondering just what their super-smart banker colleagues are talking about. Each week they sit down...
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You've been KYC'd
You—yes you—have been the subject of a KYC examination. No, not by your doctor. By your bank. KYC stands for Know Your Customer, Know Your C...
Technically speaking, this is a very helpful episode
Learn about the social and business reasons for the "technical assistance" that helps companies and public institutions make their projects...
Did you hear the one about the back office?
Completely by coincidence, the April 1 episode of ' A Dictionary of Finance ' podcast by the European Investment Bank starts with a comedy s...
Treasure hunt
If you were anything like us, you imagined the treasury being something like Uncle Scrooge's pool of coins in Duck Tales, into which he woul...
More fun than a fund
A fund of funds gives investors a diverse portfolio and gives fund managers long-term capital to invest. There are three phases to the lifet...
It's la banca, die Bank, la banque. But can finance actually have a gender?
It is pretty obvious that you can empower women by providing more financing for female entrepreneurs, and financing technology that makes ba...
A sexy name to pay for pipes
If you like Italian mineral water, maybe you'd also enjoy an Italian hydrobond . It won't rehydrate you or go nicely with a fettucine Alfred...
If you're using structured finance and you know it, clap your hands
Did you know that, most likely, you are a beneficiary of structured finance? So before you go bashing opaque financing structures that you t...
3 reasons why negative interest rates are positive
This would not be a complete Dictionary of Finance if we did not reference at least once Gordon Gekko's famous line "Greed is good" from the...
Can you store wealth in virtual cats?
Wow, what a week this has been! Since Sunday, when our first episode on Bitcoin went live, the value of Bitcoin has come down from around US...
Is Bitcoin a cryptocurrency or a commodity?
Bitcoin has been all over the financial press throughout the past year or so, thanks to huge volatility (an investment of USD 100 into Bitco...
Concessional finance and impact finance for development
In concessional finance, loans have more advantageous terms than usual, to support a development objective Impact finance funds financially...
In between the balance sheets
The corporate balance sheet explained—from the reason companies make one, down to the obscure terms that appear on it. If you've ever mixed...
Businessmen in shorts getting naked
If you've wondered what a naked short sale is, here is the long and short of a practice that's often looked at askance by financial traders:...
Capital markets: Loud, aggressive guys versus virtual markets
Equity and bond markets collectively are known as the capital markets. The capital markets are mechanisms for raising capital, transforming...
What can Tom Cruise tell us about Treasury operations?
Collateral is more than just a fairly good Tom Cruise movie. It's also a Jamie Foxx movie… Actually, what we're really talking about on our...
Economic Models: A bit like Lego...
We asked two experts, How do economists use economic models? The answer: to project current data into the future. Lots and lots of data. Eco...
Why is investment important? And where?
Investment has been neglected in Europe since the financial crisis a decade ago, according to the European Investment Bank's annual Investme...
Climate finance key to world's future
Climate change is a vital issue for the future of the world, and climate finance is key to confronting it. You get the lowdown on this supre...