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Definition: Investment Company |
Investment CompanyNoun1. A financial institution that sells shares to individuals and invests in securities issued by other companies. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Finance | A financial intermediary that sells shares and invests the proceeds in a portfolio of stocks and bonds. (references) |
Public Administration | Investment company=a limited company that uses its capital to buy securities as investments, hoping to make a profit from dividends and interest received and from capital gains on sales of securities. Such companies are often called investment trusts, although they are seldom real trusts. Unit trust=(UK)an organization that collects money from subscribers. . . and invests it in securities for their benefit. . . . The work is carried out by a professional investment management company. . . . Unlike an investment trust, a unit trust is not a company, and trust units are not traded on the Stock Exchange. Source: European Union. (references) |
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Synonyms: Investment CompanySynonyms: fund (n), investment firm (n), investment trust (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Investment Company |
| English words defined with "investment company": back away, back out ♦ closed-end fund, closed-end investment company, crawfish, crawfish out ♦ face-amount certificate company ♦ hedge fund ♦ mutual fund ♦ open-end fund, open-end investment company ♦ pull back, pull in one's horns ♦ retreat ♦ unit investment trust, unit trust ♦ withdraw. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "investment company": closed fund, closed-end investment fund ♦ investment company with fixed capital. (references) |
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Business | PT. Biporin Agung (PT. BA) is a domestic investment company established with a total investment of around $1.1 million. (references) | |
PT. Dystar Cilegon Kimia (PT. DCK) is a foreign investment company, which was established jointly by PT. Pioneer Kimia Agung, PT. Fadjarpurnama Pramainti, Bapindo and Hoechst Pharmaceutical of Germany. (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | Fiji | Government ownership of shares in the Fiji Post newspaper and its links to the Fiji Sun newspaper through Fijian Holdings, an investment company on whose board a number of ministers have served, call into question the complete independence of the press. (references) |
Economic History | China | The failure of the Guangdong International Trust and Investment Company (GITIC) in 1998 highlighted the need to develop specialized rules for financial institutions. (references) |
West Bank | Another large Palestinian investment group active in WB/G with authorized capital of over $100 million is the Arab Palestinian Investment Company (APIC), which is headquartered in the West Bank city of Ramallah. (references) | |
Trade | Bulgaria | Small Enterprise Assistance Funds (SEAF/CARESBAC) is an investment company that takes equity positions from 25 percent to 49 percent in small and medium-sized private companies. (references) |
Pakistan | The specialized banks include Saudi Pak Investment Company, Pak Kuwait Investment Company and Pak Libya Holding Company, all of which are joint ventures providing term financing and equity support facilities. (references) | |
Malaysia | Export financing is also available through the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), which provides regular business loans, a revolving export line of credit, joint guarantees with EXIMBANK, investment company financing, long-term asset financing and international trade loans to compete, export and develop export markets. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Namibia | The Mine Workers Union Investment Company, which consists of several large public service, teachers, mining, and maritime unions, is critical of the Government. (references) |
Croatia | Unions reached an out-of-court settlement on severance pay and back wages on the 2000 Magma case, in which workers continued to protest the firing of the union president, executive board, and three union organizers from the company by its co-owners, a U.K based investment company and the Minister of Economy and his wife. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Country | Name | Country | Name |
| Australia | Australian Foundation Investment Company Limited | Greece | Hellenic Investment Company S.A. |
| Hong Kong | Continental Mariner Investment Company Limited | Hungary | Novotrade Investment Company |
| Japan | Japan Asia Investment Company, Limited | United Kingdom | London and St. Lawrence Investment Company Plc |
| USA | Mahaska Investment Company | ||
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expression using "investment company": investment company with fixed capital. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
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| Language | Translations for "investment company"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Danish | investeringsselskab med fast kapital (CEIC, closed fund, closed-end fund, closed-end investment company, closed-end investment fund, investment company with fixed capital), investeringsselskab der ikke tilbagekøber egne aktier (CEIC, closed fund, closed-end fund, closed-end investment company, closed-end investment fund, investment company with fixed capital), lukket investeringsselskab (CEIC, closed fund, closed-end diversified investment company, closed-end fund, closed-end investment company, closed-end investment fund, closed-end investment trust, investment company with fixed capital), diversificeret investeringsforening (diversified fund, diversified investment company). (various references) | |
Dutch | gesloten beleggingsmaatschappij (closed-end diversified investment company, closed-end fund, closed-end investment trust), gesloten beleggingsfonds (CEIC, closed fund, closed-end diversified investment company, closed-end fund, closed-end investment company, closed-end investment fund, closed-end investment trust, investment company with fixed capital), gesloten beleggingsconsortium (closed-end diversified investment company, closed-end fund, closed-end investment trust), BEVAK (CEIC, closed fund, closed-end fund, closed-end investment company, closed-end investment fund, investment company with fixed capital), beleggingsmaatschappij met vast kapitaal (CEIC, closed fund, closed-end fund, closed-end investment company, closed-end investment fund, investment company with fixed capital), beleggingsfonds met gediversifieerde doelstellingen (diversified fund, diversified investment company). (various references) | |
Finnish | suljettusijoitusrahasto (CEIC, closed fund, closed-end fund, closed-end investment company, closed-end investment fund, investment company with fixed capital), suljetturahasto (CEIC, closed fund, closed-end fund, closed-end investment company, closed-end investment fund, investment company with fixed capital), suljettu sijoitusyhtiö (CEIC, closed fund, closed-end fund, closed-end investment company, closed-end investment fund, investment company with fixed capital), suljettu sijoitusrahasto (CEIC, closed fund, closed-end fund, closed-end investment company, closed-end investment fund, investment company with fixed capital), monialarahasto (diversified fund, diversified investment company). (various references) | |
French | société d'investissement fermée (closed-end diversified investment company, closed-end investment company, closed-end investment fund, closed-end investment trust, investment company with fixed capital), société d'investissement capital fixe (closed-end investment company, closed-end investment fund, investment company with fixed capital), société d'investissement capital fermé (closed-end investment company, closed-end investment fund, investment company with fixed capital), SICAV diversifiée (diversified investment company), SICAF (closed-end investment company, closed-end investment fund, investment company with fixed capital), fonds de placement fermé (closed-end diversified investment company, closed-end investment company, closed-end investment fund, closed-end investment trust, investment company with fixed capital), fonds commun de placement fermé (closed-end diversified investment company, closed-end investment trust), fonds commun de placement capital fixe (closed-end diversified investment company, closed-end investment trust). (various references) | |
German | Investmentgesellschaft (unit trust). (various references) | |
Greek | εταιρεία επενδύσεων. (various references) | |
Italian | societ d'investimento a capitale fisso (CEIC, closed fund, closed-end fund, closed-end investment company, closed-end investment fund, investment company with fixed capital), fondo d'investimento a capitale fisso (closed-end diversified investment company, closed-end fund, closed-end investment trust), fondo comune d'investimento a capitale fisso (CEIC, closed fund, closed-end fund, closed-end investment company, closed-end investment fund, investment company with fixed capital), fondo comune di investimento a capitale fisso (CEIC, closed fund, closed-end fund, closed-end investment company, closed-end investment fund, investment company with fixed capital), fondo comune a investimenti differenziati (diversified fund, diversified investment company), fondo chiuso (CEIC, closed fund, closed-end fund, closed-end investment company, closed-end investment fund, investment company with fixed capital). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | investmentay ompanycay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | fundo de investimentos fechado (CEIC, closed fund, closed-end fund, closed-end investment company, closed-end investment fund, investment company with fixed capital), fundo de investimentos com aplicações diversificadas (diversified fund, diversified investment company). (various references) | |
Spanish | sociedad de inversión mobiliaria de capital fijo (CEIC, closed fund, closed-end fund, closed-end investment company, closed-end investment fund, investment company with fixed capital), sociedad de inversión con número de acciones fijo (CEIC, closed fund, closed-end fund, closed-end investment company, closed-end investment fund, investment company with fixed capital), fondos diversificados (diversified fund, diversified investment company). (various references) | |
Swedish | sluten värdepappersfond (CEIC, closed fund, closed-end fund, closed-end investment company, closed-end investment fund, investment company with fixed capital), sluten fond (CEIC, closed fund, closed-end fund, closed-end investment company, closed-end investment fund, investment company with fixed capital), diversifierad SICAV-fond (diversified fund, diversified investment company). (various references) | |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-e-i-m-m-n-n-n-o-p-s-t-t-v-y" | |
-5 letters: cementations, compensative, containments, incompetents. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Quotations: Non-fiction 6. Names: Company Usage 7. Expressions 8. Expressions: Internet | 9. Translations: Modern 10. Anagrams 11. Bibliography |
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