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Jobb Posted 22 years ago
Grammar

Provision

Provision = ?
Hedging = ?

Context:
Deutsche Bank Profit Rises 18% on Lower Provisions (Update4)

Oct. 29 (Bloomberg) -- Deutsche Bank AG, Europe's third- biggest bank by assets, said profit rose 18 percent in the third quarter as a tax refund, lower hedging costs and risk provisions helped make up for a slump in equity trading revenue.
  

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"hedging costs": the costs of counterbalancing a (usually financial) transaction with another transaction in such a way as to reduce the risk of loss "risk provisions": those "mechanisms" (possibly what are called financial instruments) which are previously made available or set up so as to limit risk

  • "hedging costs": the costs of counterbalancing a (usually financial) transaction with another transaction in such a way as to reduce the risk of loss "risk provisions": those "mechanisms" (possibly what are called financial instruments) which are previously made available or set up so as to limit risk
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"hedging costs": the costs of counterbalancing a (usually financial) transaction with another transaction in such a way as to reduce the risk of loss

"risk provisions": those "mechanisms" (possibly what are called financial instruments) which are previously made available or set up so as to limit risk

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