Financial Instruments

Financial instruments are monetary contracts between parties. They can be created, traded, modified and settled. They can be cash (currency), evidence of an ownership interest in an entity or a contractual right to receive or deliver in the form of currency; debt (bonds, loans); equity (shares); or derivatives (options, futures, forwards). International Accounting Standards IAS 32 and 39 define a financial instrument as "any contract that gives rise to a financial asset of one entity and a financial liability or equity instrument of another entity".Financial instruments may be categorized by "asset class" depending on whether they are equity-based (reflecting ownership …

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Global Risk Institute in Financial Services · 18 March 2024 English

The views, and opinions expressed by the authors are not necessarily the views of GRI. [...] Permission is hereby granted to reprint the “Demystifying Decentralized Finance: Understanding Promises and Pitfalls” …

enabling fractional ownership and making these financial instruments more accessible to a wider range of investors


ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability Canada · 29 February 2024 English

We acknowledge the lands which constitute the present-day City of Mississauga as being part of the Treaty and Traditional Territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation, Co-operators The …

communities and worked to identify possible financial instruments Indeed, there can be no smooth transition


AECL: Atomic Energy of Canada Limited · 29 February 2024 English

These legacy liabilities are the result of decades of significant contributions and advancements in nuclear science which have benefitted Canadians and the world, including the development of the CANDU technology …

include those related to the fair value of financial instruments, useful life and write-down of tangible


Ivey Energy Policy and Management Centre · 20 February 2024 English

Government Companies 3 The Role of FinancingConsumers Implications to better understand how finance can support a systems transformation for regenerative agriculture – on the farm and beyond. [...] Paul Hamilton …

Approach to Financing Recommendations for financial instruments supporting regenerative agriculture Action


Fraser Institute · 8 February 2024 English

Western countries including Canada can learn from Singapore’s pro-growth policies, which have helped transform Singapore from a comparatively poor country in 1965, when it gained independence, into one of the …

even investment in a variety of approved financial instruments under the CPF Investment Scheme, the CPF


IISD: International Institute for Sustainable Development · 30 January 2024 English

It’s certainly no secret that IISD Experimental Lakes Area is a place where world-class and unique scientific approaches to discovering what threatens the health of our fresh water truly thrive.

recognized on an accrual basis when incurred. Financial instruments IISD ELA Inc. initially measures its financial subsequently measured at fair value. All other financial instruments are subsequently recorded at cost or amortized accrued liabilities. Related party financial instruments that have repayment terms are initially excluding interest payments. Related party financial instruments that do not have repayment terms are recorded capital assets 306 147 179 50 13. Financial instruments and risk management IISD ELA Inc. is exposed


Wilson Center Canada · 14 January 2024 English

In particular, its inclusion in the Paris Agreement at COP21.18 the relationship between gender and climate A gender-just transition means drafting climate finance in the nation provides chances for a …

the integration of gender priorities and financial instruments must also be created through performance


C.D. Howe Institute · 12 January 2024 English

Masson To: Canadian Housing Watchers Date: January 15, 2024 Re: Goldilocks Interest Rates Needed to Help Housing Affordability In the current debate about how to make housing affordable in Canada, …

invested heavily in US mortgage-backed financial instruments needed the relief of low rates to gradually


PI: Pembina Institute for Appropriate Development · 12 December 2023 English

We respectfully acknowledge the space our organization is headquartered in as the traditional and ancestral territories of the Blackfoot Confederacy, comprised of the bands Siksika, Piikani, and Kainai, the Îyârhe …

of net- investments in key sectors, and financial instruments could promote paying workers a standards


Wilson Center Canada · 3 December 2023 English

In particular, its inclusion in the Paris Agreement at COP21.18 the relationship between gender and climate A gender-just transition means drafting climate finance in the nation provides chances for a …

the integration of gender priorities and financial instruments must also be created through performance


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