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An organization which is in the business of holding assets. Examples include banks, insurance companies, and investment companies.
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Nearby Terms
- Instinet
- Institute For Supply Management (ISM)
- Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales
- Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland
- Institute of Chartered Accountants in Scotland
- institution
- institution or institutional investor
- institutional broker
- institutional brokerage
- Institutional Brokers' Investment System
- institutional buyout
Popular 'Banking' Terms
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- qualified institutional investor
- Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI)
- institution or institutional investor
- Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, And Enforcement Act Of 1989 (FIRREA)
- institutional sale
- institutional shares
- institutional lender
- U.S. League Of Savings Institutions
- Qualified Institutional Placement (QIP)
- Accounting and Auditing Organization for Islamic Financial Institutions (AAOIFI)
