Practical Law Dictionary. Glossary of UK, US and international legal terms. www.practicallaw.com. 2010.
institutional investor — An organisation whose purpose is to invest its assets or those held in trust for others, for example, pension funds and investment funds. Institutional investors may be involved in management buy outs. They provide the majority of the investor… … Law dictionary
institutional investors — USA Also known as institutional lenders. This refers to organizations whose primary purpose is to invest their own assets or those entrusted to them by others. Typical institutional investors are banks, employee pension funds, insurance companies … Law dictionary
Institutional economics — Institutional economics, known by some as institutionalist political economy, focuses on understanding the role of human made institutions in shaping economic behaviour. The institutional economists were typically critical of American social,… … Wikipedia
Institutional Revolutionary Party — Partido Revolucionario Institucional Leader Humberto Moreira Founded … Wikipedia
Institutional discrimination in the housing market — Discrimination and segregation in the United States housing market has endured despite the condemnation of discriminatory practices. Institutionalized, or systematic, racism occurs even though overt racist policies have been discontinued. Race is … Wikipedia
Yield spread premium — The yield spread premium (YSP) is the cash rebate paid to a mortgage broker based on selling an interest rate above the wholesale par rate that the borrower qualifies for. For example, If a mortgage broker offers a borrower a loan of $100,000 at… … Wikipedia
Title insurance in the United States — is indemnity insurance against financial loss from defects in title to real property and from the invalidity or unenforceability of mortgage liens. Title insurance is principally a product developed and sold in the United States as a result of… … Wikipedia
Due-on-sale clause — A due on sale clause is a clause in a loan or promissory note that stipulates that the full balance may be called due upon sale or transfer of ownership of the property used to secure the note. The lender has the right, but not the obligation, to … Wikipedia
Foreclosure — For Lacan s psychoanalytic process, see Foreclosure (psychoanalysis). House in Salinas, California under foreclosure, following the popping of the U.S. real estate bubble. Foreclosure is the legal process by which a mortgage lender (mortgagee),… … Wikipedia
Latin America, history of — Introduction history of the region from the pre Columbian period and including colonization by the Spanish and Portuguese beginning in the 15th century, the 19th century wars of independence, and developments to the end of World War II.… … Universalium
