#nondepository_financial_institution__nondepositoryfinancialinstitution a financial institution that funds their investment activities from the sale of securities or insurance
supertype: financial_institution__financialinstitution__financial_organization__financialorganization an institution (public or private) that collects funds (from the public or other institutions) and invests them in financial assets
member of: securities_industry
subtype: brokerage_firm__brokeragefirm__brokerage__securities_firm a stock broker's business; charges a fee to act as intermediary between buyer and seller
subtype: bucket_shop.brokerage_firm__bucketshop an unethical or overly aggressive brokerage firm
subtype: marriage_brokerage__marriage_mart a business that arranges marriage contracts
subtype: insurance_company__insurancecompany__insurance_firm__insurancefirm__insuranceunderwriter__insurer a financial institution that sells insurance
instance: Suncorp_Metway (pm)
subtype: pension_fund__pensionfund a financial institution that collects regular contributions from employers to provide retirement income for employees
subtype: investment_company__investment_trust__investment_firm__fund a financial institution that sells shares to individuals and invests in securities issued by other companies
subtype: hedge_fund__hedgefund a flexible investment company for a small number of large investors (usually the minimum investment is $1 million); can use high-risk techniques (not allowed for mutual funds) such a short-selling and heavy leveraging
subtype: mutual_fund__open-end_fund__open-end_investment_company a regulated investment company that regularly sells and redeems its shares
subtype: index_fund__indexfund a mutual fund that invests in the stocks that are the basis of a well-known stock or bond index
subtype: closed-end_fund__closed-end_investment_company a regulated investment company that issues a fixed number of shares which are listed on a stock market
subtype: face-amount_certificate_company a regulated investment company that pays a stated amount to certificate holders on a stated maturity date
subtype: Real_Estate_Investment_Trust__REIT an investment trust that owns and manages a pool of commercial properties and mortgages and other real estate asssets; shares can be bought and sold in the stock market
subtype: unit_investment_trust__unit_trust a regulated investment company consisting of professional managers who issue redeemable securities representing a portfolio of many different securities; "you can invest in a unit investment trust for as little as $1000"
subtype: nondiscretionary_trust__fixed_investment_trust an investment trust that can buy only those securities listed when the trust was organized
subtype: finance_company a financial institution (often affiliated with a holding company or manufacturer) that makes loans to individuals or businesses
subtype: consumer_finance_company__small_loan_company a finance company that makes loans to people who have trouble getting a bank loan
subtype: industrial_bank__industrial_loan_company a finance company that makes small loans to industrial workers
subtype: captive_finance_company__captivefinancecompany a finance company owned by a manufacturer to finance dealers' inventories or to make loans to consumers buying the company's products
subtype: sales_finance_company__salesfinancecompany a finance company that buys (at a discount) the installment sales contracts of retail merchants
subtype: commercial_finance_company__commercial_credit_company a finance company that makes loans to manufacturers and wholesalers
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