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What is the conduct of a business

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the way in which a business is run

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Who enforces the conduct of business regulation

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FCA

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What is deleveraging

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reducing the amount of debt in relation to assets

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What is an example of deleveraging

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paying of credit cards

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What is economic stability

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ensuring economic activity is carried out in a way that ensures it can continue in the long term

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What is environmental stability

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Reducing the negative impacts of human activity on the environment so that natural resources can be sustained

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What is an example environmental stability

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using renewable resource

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What are equator principles

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a set of ethical benchmarks for banks to follow when taking decisions to finance infrastructure

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give an example of an equator principle

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dams

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10
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What is ethical lending

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lending money to companies with good ethics

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What is an example of ethical lending

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Lending money to a company that invests in green technology

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what is financial contagion

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where debt works its way through the global financial system

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what is an impact of financial contagion

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threats to confidence and sustainability of financial systems

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14
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what is leverage

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the amount of borrowing a company has in relation to its assets

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what is liquid assets

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cash or assets that can easily be converted into cash without losing value

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what is liquidation

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the process by which a company or a part of is brought to an end

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what happens to the assets and property of a company when forced into liquidation

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they are redistributed

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18
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what is a moral hazard

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a situation in which there is lack of incentive to guard against risk because the risk take believes that they will be protected from negative consiquences

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what is an example of a moral hazard

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banks believing that the government would bail them out if they got into any financial difficulty

20
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what the mortgage market review

A

reforms made to the mortgage market to ensure it is sustainable and works better for consumers

21
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when was the reforms made to the mortgage market

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april 2014

22
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what is perilous debt

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a situation in which someone is spending more than half of their monthly income on debt repayments

23
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what is provider sustainabilty

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a company with a sustainable business model

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what is an example of provider sustainability

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a bank willing to take less risk even if it means giving up the chance to make additional profits

25
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what is prudential regulation

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regulation that is designed to ensure financial services providers do not fail and if they do fail, they failure does not impact the wider financial system

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what is social sustainability

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a concern with creating communities that foster well being, peace security and justice for the people who live in them

27
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what are speculators

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People who buy and sell the shares of many companies in order to make quick profits on the deals

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what are stakeholders groups

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the groups of people upon whom financial services providers have an impact

29
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what is sustainable development

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development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs

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what is a sustainable financial product

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a financial product that is designed to meet the long-term requirements of the who buy it

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what is a sustainable financial system

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a system in which financial services are delivered in a way that means they can continue to be delivered and meets the needs of customers over the long term

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what is systemic risk

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risk that affects an entire system

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what are systemically important financial institutions

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the large firms within the financial services sector that would cause serious problems for the whole economy if they fail

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what is ‘too big to fail’

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believing that the consequences of one or more of the big banks failing would be too great for any government to allow it to happen

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what are the 3 pillars of sustainability

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environmental, social, economic

36
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systemic risk is highest when the financial providers are…

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large companies

37
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what were the banks placed in when the government purchased failed banks in 2007/08

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temporary public ownership

38
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what is the procedure that takes place when a bank is in trouble

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resolution

39
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what a failing bank may receive since regulations were put in place

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help from the government and bank of england but may be allowed to fail

40
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what are directors

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those who make the company’s strategic decisions

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what is a sustainable financial product designed to meet

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long term consumer requirments

42
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What is self-insurance

A

regularly setting aside a sum of money to cover unexpected events

43
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What do people do when deleveraging

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stop spending and start saving to pay of existing debts

44
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Who is fully responsible for assessing whether a potential mortgage customer can afford the loan and verify there income as a result of the mortgage market review

A

the lender

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