Text Vocabulary. asset portfolio портфель ценных бумаг; инвестиционный портфель As with other intermediaries

asset portfolio	портфель ценных бумаг; инвестиционный портфель	As with other intermediaries, the nature of these liabilities influences the composition of the asset portfolio.
paper asset	ценная бумага на активы	They lend the money provided by those savers to borrowers, who may issue a paper asset in return.
discount market	учетный рынок	SYN: bill market The oldest of the money markets is the discount market.
gilt-edged	первоклассный (о ценных бумагах)	SYN: gilt Farrington Stead dealt in gilt-edged securities.
bond	облигация	The new benchmark ten-year government bond yielded 6.3% on February 20th.
bill	вексель	They take in surplus funds from other institutions and use the funds to deal in treasury and commercial bills.
share	акция	SYN: equity Net earnings per share were $0.04.
interest-bearing	процентный	They are offering interest-bearing current accounts to customers, but attracting few new deposits.
Treasury	казначейство; министерство финансов	The Treasury could receive a substantial boost to tax revenues next month.
non-redeemable	не подлежащий выкупу или погашению	Equities (or shares) are non-redeemable assets issued by companies.
yield	доход (по ценной бумаге)	On May 18th the yield on long-dated Treasury bonds rose above 7%.
liquidity	ликвидность	The local financial system has been drained of liquidity.
marketability	реализуемость	Marketability varies between assets; some assets are easily realizable.
retail bank	банк, занимающийся обслуживанием мелких клиентов	The term retail bank covers the London, Scottish and Irish clearing banks.
building society	строительное общество	The Halifax Building Society's house-price index jumped by 1.6% in April.
issue department	департамент эмиссии	The Bank of England is divided into the Issue Department, which is part of the public sector accounting system, and the Banking Department.
legal tender	законное платежное средство	This was a currency reform, by which 50- and 100-rouble banknotes stopped, at a few hours' notice, being legal tender.
redemption	выкуп; погашение	The Bank also manages the redemption of existing stock in such a way as to smooth the demands on the government's financial resources.
to intervene	вмешиваться (о государстве)	The Government intervened to stop them.
foreign exchange market	валютный рынок	There are many foreign exchange markets, e.g. London, New York, Zurich, but however the main one is the London foreign exchange market.
clearing system	система расчетов	In the United States, interbank clearing is done through the Automated Clearing House.
lender of last resort	кредитор последней инстанции (как правило, центральный банк)	The Bank of England acts as lender of last resort to the domestic banking system, in that it will provide funds to the banking sector when it is short of cash.
supervision	надзор	Such reforms would greatly improve the quality of parliamentary supervision.