Definition of Limited-liability instrument

Limited-liability instrument

A security, such as a call option, in which the owner can only lose his initial
investment.

Limited-liability instrument

A security, such as a call option, in which the owner can only lose his initial investment.

Alternative mortgage instruments

Variations of mortgage instruments such as adjustable-rate and variablerate
mortgages, graduated-payment mortgages, reverse-annuity mortgages, and several seldom-used
variations.

Asset/liability management

Also called surplus management, the task of managing funds of a financial
institution to accomplish the two goals of a financial institution:
1) to earn an adequate return on funds invested, and
2) to maintain a comfortable surplus of assets beyond liabilities.

Contingent pension liability

Under ERISA, the firm is liable to the plan participants for up to 39% of the net
worth of the firm.

Cost of limited partner capital

The discount rate that equates the after-tax inflows with outflows for capital
raised from limited partners.

Debt instrument

An asset requiring fixed dollar payments, such as a government or corporate bond.

Deliverable instrument

The asset in a forward contract that will be delivered in the future at an agree-upon price.

Derivative instruments

Contracts such as options and futures whose price is derived from the price of the
underlying financial asset.

Fixed-income instruments

Assets that pay a fixed-dollar amount, such as bonds and preferred stock.

Instruments

Financial securities, such as money market instruments or capital market insturments.

Liability

A financial obligation, or the cash outlay that must be made at a specific time to satisfy the
contractual terms of such an obligation.

Liability funding strategies

Investment strategies that select assets so that cash flows will equal or exceed
the client's obligations.

Liability swap

An interest rate swap used to alter the cash flow characteristics of an institution's liabilities so
as to provide a better match with its assets.

Limited liability

Limitation of possible loss to what has already been invested.

Limited partner

A partner who has limited legal liability for the obligations of the partnership.

Limited partnership

A partnership that includes one or more partners who have limited liability.

Limited-tax general obligation bond

A general obligation bond that is limited as to revenue sources.

Limited partnership

A partnership that includes one or more partners who have limited liability.

Master limited partnership (MLP)

A publicly traded limited partnership.

Unlimited liability

Full liability for the debt and other obligations of a legal entity. The general partners of a
partnership have unlimited liability.

limited liability company

an organizational form that is a hybrid of the corporate and partnership organizational
forms and used to limit the personal liability of the owners;
it is typically used by small professional (such as accounting) firms

limited liability partnership

an organizational form that is a hybrid of the corporate and partnership organizational
forms and used to limit the personal liability of the owners;
it is typically used by large professional (such as accounting) firms

Current liability

This is typically the accounts payable, short-term notes payable, and
accrued expense accounts on the balance sheet, or any other liabilities that are
expected to be liquidated within a short time interval.

Liability

A dollar amount of obligation payable to another entity.

limited liability

The owners of the corporation are not personally responsible for its obligations.

Debt Instrument

Any financial asset corresponding to a debt, such as a bond or a treasury bill.

Instrument

See debt instrument.

Contingent Liability

An obligation that is dependent on the occurrence or nonoccurrence of
one or more future events to confirm the existence of an obligation, the amount owed, the payee,
or the date payable.

Deferred Tax Liability

Future tax obligation that results from the origination of a temporary
difference that causes pretax book income to exceed taxable income.

Liability

A probable future sacrifice of economic benefits arising from present obligations of
a particular entity to transfer assets or provide services to other entities in the future as a result of
past transactions or events.

Financing Instruments

This is a generic term that refers to the many different forms of financing a business may use. For example - loans, shares, and bonds are all considered financing instruments.

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