Class action In a certain number of countries, such as the USA, a legal action can be brought up by a party aggregating a number of persons (often thousands) which have been affected in a similar manner. This is particularly useful when the damage incurred by each party is too small to make it rational for each party to start such a long and costly process (E.g. consumers over-charged or sold products with defects). Class action In a certain number of countries, such as the USA, a legal action can be brought up by a party aggregating a number of persons (often thousands) which have been affected in a similar manner. This is particularly useful when the damage incurred by each party is too small to make it rational for each party to start such a long and costly process (E.g. consumers over-charged or sold products with defects). See all terms in the dictionary of finance To know more about it, look at what we have already written on this subject : Find : Class action

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CAGR or Compound Annual Growth Rate Calendar day Calendar year and Accounting year Call option Call protection Call provision Callable Callable Callable bond Callable capital, Paid-in capital Callable instrument Callable loan Cancellation of debt Cancellation of debt + Cancellation of loan + Debt cancellation + Loan cancellation Cancellation of loan Cap Capacity utilisation rate Capex Capital adequacy ratio Capital allowance Capital Asset Pricing Model, CAPM Capital base Capital decrease Capital employed Capital expenditures Capital flight Capital gain/loss Capital increase Capital intensity Capital invested Capital lease Capital market economy Capital market line Capital markets Capital rationing Capital ratios Capital reduction Capital structure Capital turn Capital-employed analysis Capital-intensive Capitalisation Capitalisation factor Capitalisation issue CAPM Captive insurance company Carried interest Carry trade Carrybacks Carryforwards Carveout Cash & carry trade or basis trading Cash (and cash equivalents) Cash Against Documents or CAD Cash budget Cash certificate Cash cow Cash flow Cash flow budget Cash flow fade model Cash flow from operating activities Cash flow from operations Cash flow matching approach Cash flow plan Cash flow return on investment, CFROI Cash flow statement Cash flow value Cash management Cash mutual fund Cash pooling Cash ratio Cash Value Added Cat bond Catastrophe bond CBO CD CDO CDPC CDS CDX Index or CDX Certificate of deposit, CD CFA or Chartered Financial Analyst CFO or Collateralised Fund Obligation CFROI CFTC Chapter 11 Characteristic line Charges

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Contango Contingent assets Contingent claims model Contingent liabilities Contingent tax liabilities Contingent taxation Contingent value rights, CVR Contribution margin Contribution of assets Contribution of shares Control premium Conventional convertible preferred stock Conversion option into shares of the target company Conversion premium Conversion price Conversion ratio Conversion value of the convertible bond Convertible bonds Convertible preferred stock Convexity Cooke ratio Cooling-off period Core capital Corporate Finance Corporate governance Corporate social responsibility Correlation Corridor bond Cost Cost of capital Cost of carry Cost of debt Cost of equity Cost of refunding Cost of shareholders' equity Counterparty risk Countertrade Coupon payment Coupon rate Coupon reinvestment risk Cov-lite loan Covariance Covenant-lite loan Covenants Covered warrant CP CPI Credit bureau Credit default swap Credit derivative Credit derivative product company Credit enhancement Credit exposure Credit facility Credit insurance Credit line Credit ratings Credit risk Credit scoring Credit spread Credit-based economy Creditor-friendly bankruptcy process Creditors (U.K.) Creditworthiness Cross default covenant Cross-collaterisation Crossover Crossover fund Crowdfounding CSR Cum dividend Cure period Currency at (forward) premium/at discount Currency risk Currency swap (with principal) Currency swap without principal Currency translation Current assets Current liabilities Current rate method Current ratio Current yield Custodian Custody Customer credit CVA CVR