Emerging Market Securities Sample Clauses

Emerging Market Securities. Emerging market debt covers a broad variety of emerging market country securities including Xxxxx xxxxx (typically denominated in U.S. dollars) and debt denominated in local currency. • Futures and Forwards: Futures and Forward contracts are agreements to buy or sell a specific amount of a financial instrument for a specific price or yield on a stipulated future or forward date. The future or forward underlying instrument may be a security or index of an asset type permitted in the guidelines. If otherwise allowed, currency forwards and futures may be used to hedge against foreign exchange risk, to increase exposure to a foreign currency, or to shift exposure to foreign currency fluctuation from one currency to another. • General Account Contracts (GACs): A GAC is a type of Benefit Responsive Contract that is a general obligation of an insurance company that promises to repay principal and to pay interest at a specified or determinable rate over a certain period of time. The performance of the GAC is typically backed by the insurance company’s general account’s assets and is subject to the financial strength and claims paying ability of the issuing insurance company. A GAC may also be referred to as a GIC. • Government-related Securities: Debt directly issued by a U.S. or foreign government- sponsored entity (GSE), a wholly-owned agency of the U.S. Government or a foreign government, a federally related institution where such debt is fully and explicitly backed by the full faith and credit of the federal government of the United States of America or foreign federal government, or related institutions (whether in the form of a full guaranty, an indirect guaranty, or an implied guaranty of such debt). • Money Market Instruments: These assets include, but are not limited to, the following: Treasury bills, U.S. government and agency securities, commercial paper (including 4(2) CP programs), time deposits, bankers acceptances, certificates of deposits, repurchase agreements and reverse repurchase agreements that have a final maturity date not exceeding 397 days from the date of purchase. The above-mentioned security types may be either U.S. or Eurodollar issues.
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Emerging Market Securities. Debt from emerging market countries as defined by the World Bank, which is based on a GNI per capita ratio. Any country with a GNI per capita not eligible to be classified by the World Bank as a high-income economy is an emerging market country. Emerging market debt covers a variety of securities including Xxxxx xxxxx (typically denominated in U.S. dollars) and debt denominated in local currency.
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Emerging Market Securities. The Portfolio may invest up to 10% of its assets in securities of issuers based in countries with developing (or “emerging market”) economies. The Portfolio will normally hedge at least 75% of its exposure to foreign currency to reduce the risk of loss due to fluctuations in currency exchange rates. Investing in emerging market securities imposes risks different from, or greater than, risks of investing in domestic securities or in foreign, developed countries. These risks include: smaller market capitalization of securities markets, which may suffer periods of relative illiquidity; significant price volatility; restrictions on foreign investment; and possible repatriation of investment income and capital. In addition, foreign investors may be required to register the proceeds of sales; future economic or political crises could lead to price controls, forced mergers, expropriation or confiscatory taxation, seizure, nationalization, or creation of government monopolies. The currencies of emerging market countries may experience significant declines against the U.S. dollar, and devaluation may occur subsequent to investments in these currencies by the Portfolio Inflation and rapid fluctuations in inflation rates have had, and may continue to have, negative effects on the economies and securities markets of certain emerging market countries. Additional risks of emerging markets securities may include: greater social, economic and political uncertainty and instability; more substantial governmental involvement in the economy; less governmental supervision and regulation; unavailability of currency hedging techniques; companies that are newly organized and small; differences in auditing and financial reporting standards, which may result in unavailability of material information about issuers; and less developed legal systems. In addition, emerging securities markets may have different clearance and settlement procedures, which may be unable to keep pace with the volume of securities transactions or otherwise make it difficult to engage in such transactions. Settlement problems may cause the Portfolio to miss attractive investment opportunities, hold a portion of its assets in cash pending investment, or be delayed in disposing of a portfolio security. Such a delay could result in possible liability to a purchaser of the security. The Portfolio may invest in Xxxxx Xxxxx, which are securities created through the exchange of existing commercial bank loans to sove...
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Emerging Market Securities. PIMCO generally uses the World Bank definition, which is based on a GNP per capita ratio, to define emerging market countries. Emerging market debt covers a broad variety of securities including Xxxxx xxxxx (typically denominated in U.S. dollars) and debt denominated in local currency.
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Related to Emerging Market Securities

  • Issued Securities All issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock, Preferred Stock or any other securities of the Company have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and nonassessable. All outstanding shares of Common Stock, Preferred Stock and any other securities were issued in full compliance with all Federal and state securities laws. In addition:

  • Portfolio Securities Portfolio securities of the Issuer may be bought or sold by or through Distributors, and Distributors may participate directly or indirectly in brokerage commissions or "spreads" for transactions in portfolio securities of the Issuer.

  • Securities Lending Transactions 4.l Loan Initiation. From time to time the Bank may lend Securities to --------------- Borrowers and deliver such Securities against receipt of Collateral in accordance with the applicable Securities Borrowing Agreement. The Bank shall deliver to the Lender a Receipt in connection with each loan made hereunder, prior to settlement of such loan.

  • Securities On the basis of the representations and warranties herein contained and subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, the Company agrees to sell to each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, and each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees to purchase from the Company, at the price set forth in Schedule B, the aggregate principal amount of Securities set forth in Schedule A opposite the name of such Underwriter, plus any additional principal amount of Securities which such Underwriter may become obligated to purchase pursuant to the provisions of Section 10 hereof.

  • LOANED SECURITIES Income due to each Portfolio on securities or other financial assets loaned shall be the responsibility of the applicable Fund. The Custodian will have no duty or responsibility in connection with loaned securities or other financial assets, other than to provide the Fund with such information or data as may be necessary to assist the Fund in arranging for the timely delivery to the Custodian of the income to which the Portfolio is entitled.

  • Forward Purchase Securities The Forward Purchase Shares and the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Forward Purchase Warrants have been duly authorized and reserved for issuance and when issued and paid for in accordance with the Forward Purchase Contract and the Warrant Agreement, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable. The holders of the Forward Purchase Securities are not and will not be subject to personal liability by reason of being such holders; the Forward Purchase Securities are not and will not be subject to the preemptive rights of any holders of any security of the Company or similar contractual rights granted by the Company; and all corporate action required to be taken for the authorization, issuance and sale of the Forward Purchase Securities has been duly and validly taken. The Forward Purchase Securities conform in all material respects to the descriptions thereof contained in the Registration Statement, the Sale Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus, as the case may be. When paid for and issued, the Forward Purchase Units and the Forward Purchase Warrants will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Company to issue the number and type of securities of the Company called for thereby in accordance with the terms thereof, and such Forward Purchase Units and Forward Purchase Warrants are enforceable against the Company in accordance with their respective terms, except: (i) as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally; (ii) as enforceability of any indemnification or contribution provision may be limited under foreign, federal and state securities laws; and (iii) that the remedy of specific performance and injunctive and other forms of equitable relief may be subject to the equitable defenses and to the discretion of the court before which any proceeding therefor may be brought. The shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Forward Purchase Warrants have been reserved for issuance and upon the exercise of the applicable Forward Purchase Warrants and upon payment of the consideration therefor, and when issued in accordance with the terms thereof, such shares of Common Stock will be duly and validly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.

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