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Minimum funding requirementA rule introduced in the wake of the Maxwell pensions scandal which was intended to ensure that company pensions funds always had enough assets to pay out their liabilities (i.e. pensions to retired members of the scheme).The legislation uses the yield from long term gilts as the yardstick by which a pensions fund's liabilities are measured. To stay within the rules, funds have felt obliged to buy these long-term bonds, with the result that their price has gone sky high.One alternative being considered is to change the whole way liabilities are valued and, in effect, to allow the funds to invest in more exciting securities than gilts, but to couple this with an insurance fund that bails out those funds that are unable to meet their liabilities. This insurance fund would be called the Central Discontinuance Fund (CDF).Similar MatchesDividend requirementDividend requirementThe annual earnings minimum required for payment of dividends on a preferred stock. Requirement Indicator MatrixRequirement Indicator MatrixA matrix that shows the presence of all possible relationships between customer requirements and quality indicators. Performance requirementPerformance requirementA requirement that an importer or exporter achieve some level of performance, in terms of exporting, domestic content, etc., in order to obtain an import or export license. Initial margin requirementInitial margin requirementWhen buying securities on margin, the proportion of the total market value of the securities that the investor must pay for in cash. The Security Exchange Act of 1934 gives the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve the responsibility to set initial margin requirements, but individual brokerage firms are free to set higher requirements. In futures contracts, initial margin requirements are set by the exchange. Listing requirementsListing requirementsRequirements, including minimum shares outstanding, market value, and income, that are laid down by an exchange for any stock to be listed for trading. Further SuggestionsExport requirementPublic Sector Borrowing Requirement Margin requirement (options) Materials requirement planning Reserve requirements Margin requirement Assets requirements Capital requirements Sinking fund requirement Offset requirement Local content requirement Net capital requirement Export performance requirement Advance deposit requirement Content requirement Domestic content requirement Unit labor requirement Public Sector Net Cash Requirement |
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