Primary and secondary markets

This one is not written up yet

The definition above is the short version. A full explanation — how it works, a worked example and the exam traps — is still being written. In the meantime the chapter below covers it in context.

Written up from the same chapter

• ADR, GDR and IDRDepository receipts represent shares of a company in one country but trade on an exchange in another — American inside the US, Global outside it, Indian for foreign shares listed here.
• Asset allocationThe decision on how to distribute a client's wealth across asset classes — the first decision in building a portfolio, and the one that explains most of what the portfolio then does.
• Atal Pension YojanaA government-guaranteed defined-pension scheme for unorganised-sector workers, paying a fixed Rs 1,000 to Rs 5,000 a month from age 60 for contributions started between ages 18 and 40.
• Business riskThe variability of a firm's income flows caused by the nature of its business — driven by how volatile its sales are and how much of its cost base is fixed.
• Clearing corporationThe entity that steps between every buyer and seller in the derivatives segment by novation, becoming the counterparty to both sides and guaranteeing that the trade settles.
• Endowment policyA life insurance policy that pays the sum assured plus accrued bonus on survival to the end of the term as well as on death — an investment-cum-insurance contract with a level premium.