The phrase "assets first" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where prioritizing assets or resources is being discussed, such as in finance, business strategy, or project management.
Example: "In our new investment strategy, we are adopting an assets first approach to ensure we maximize our returns."
Alternatives: "prioritize assets" or "focus on assets".
"But it makes more sense to use up these assets first".
"In our view, customers may withdraw assets first, and ask questions later," he wrote.
Having bought the assets first of Bethlehem Steel and then of Weirton Steel, ISG is now producing 14.5m tonnes annually, and very profitably.Where next for world steel?
Families who save for college in the student's name often spend down the child's assets first, yielding a significant improvement in aid eligibility each subsequent year.
In addition, since only cash can go into 529 accounts, it may be necessary to liquidate custodial assets first, which could mean paying tax on any gains.
The latest injection of taxpayer funds follows months of negotiations over the government's insurance scheme for toxic assets, first unveiled in January.
The system has helped create a large pool of private pension fund assets -- third in size only to the United States and Japan.
"There are three ways they go about it: first, hide the assets; second, register them under someone else's name; third, overstate their liabilities".
AmeriBank, a unit of Ottawa, will be merged with Fifth Third Bank to create a combined entity with $2.7 billion in assets, Fifth Third said.
The purchase will create a bank with $4 billion in assets, second only to the Bank of Hawaii Corporation, and 46 branches in the state.
The merged bank would have about 104 trillion yen $979 billionn) in assets, second in Japan to the Mizuho Financial Group, which will come to life this fall when Fuji Bank, the Industrial Bank of Japan and Dai-Ichi Kangyo merge into a bank with $1.3 trillion in assets.
