Off-Balance-Sheet Activities Generally Have Risk-Reducing Attributes, but Seldom Have Risk-Increasing

question 96

True/False

Off-balance-sheet activities generally have risk-reducing attributes, but seldom have risk-increasing attributes.

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Definitions:

Private Equity Funds

Investment funds that gather capital from wealthy individuals or institutions to invest in buying and reorganizing private companies.

Separation Theorem

States that a firm’s investment decisions should be separate from the investment preferences of its investors.

Stock Ownership

Holding a share or shares of stock in a company, which represents a claim on part of the company's assets and earnings.

Investment Banks

Firms that assist in the design of an issuing firm’s corporate securities and in the sale of the new securities to investors in the primary market.