But while the debts are for sums certain, the current value of the assets is much less certain.
And the private equity investor may want to sell the system or certain of its assets quickly, require the franchisees to make capital expenditures to acquire new equipment or offer new services or embark on a program to "clean house" by more robustly enforcing standards and terminating non-performing franchisees.
When people begin crowding to certain investments, the price of the assets they hold become overinflated.
Balancing this, of course, are the ongoing concerns around certain of our assets such as leveraged loans and parts of the mortgage portfolio.
But one thing is certain: One of the intangible assets Cablevision acquired was the loyalty of Rangers fans.
Prior to June 25 , 1930 the Perry National Bank obtained deposits of public funds by undertaking to hypothecate certain of its assets to secure their payment.
In some cases, up to 14 percent of the assets in certain mortgage pools are more than 90 days overdue.
And the actions of the quants themselves, by buying and selling certain types of assets, altered the behaviour of the market.Mr Patterson's book serves as a quick sketch of some of the leading players in the industry.
Rules underlying what is known as "mark-to-market" or "fair-value" accounting now require companies to disclose the value of certain types of assets based on what buyers would pay for them if they were to be sold now.
However, the while the Japanese firm forced a ¥71 billion restatement of dubious valuation of certain acquired assets, the firm signed off on the financial statements in the same year that contained questionable figures other members of its global network in UK and elsewhere had apparently expressed grave reservations over.
After this, the trust pays you a certain percentage of the cost of the asset each year for an agreed-upon amount of time.
