Contemporary Financial Intermediation, 2nd Edition

Index

A

ABB. See Asset-backed bonds

ABCP. See Asset-backed commercial paper

ABN Amro Bank, 360, 594t, 623t

ABS. See Asset-Backed Securities

Absolute prepayment rate, 362

Absolute priority rule, 170, 201

Acceleration clause, 215

Accounting. See also Financial Accounting Standards Board; General Accounting Office; Generally Accepted Accounting Principles; Market Value Accounting; Regulatory Accounting Principles

of contingent claims, 337

cost, and pricing, 552, 554

reforms in, 504

Accounts payable, 211

Accounts receivable, 209–210

Acquisition management, 552, 556

Action by written consent, 585

Action Industries, 302t

Adjustable-rate mortgages, 176

Advanced Measurements Approaches (AMA), 513

Adverse information theory, 419–421 ...