Double Gearing

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Double Gearing

The act or practice of two or more companies pooling their risk in which each places capital in the other company. In one of the most common examples of double gearing, an insurance company buys shares in a bank, and, in exchange, the bank extends credit to the insurance company.

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No references found			Double Gearing describes situations where two institutions use shared capital to protect against risk occurring in separate entities. Glossary of keybanking terminology by African Business S&P believes the concentration risks stemming from capital double gearing have further weakened the already deteriorated capitalization and financial flexibility of the five life insurers,'' it said. S&P cuts ratings on 5 Japanese life insurers by Japan Weekly Monitor As Standard & Poor's warned in its report "Capital Double Gearing Creating Concentration Risk For Japanese Financial Institutions," published on Sept. S&P: Japan's Life Insurers Diverge on Bank Exposure by Business Wire			Dono donor Donor Advised Fund Doomsday Call DOP dormitory town DOT Dot-Com Dotacao Dotacion dotal property Dotation Dotazione DOTM Double Auction Market Double Auction System Double Barrier Option Double Bottom Double Bottom Base double declining balance Double Dip Double Dip Recession Double Dipping double escrow Double Florin Double Gearing Double imposition Double marche Double Option Double Sawbuck double taxation Double Top Double Up Double witching day Double-Barreled double-barreled municipal bond Double-Declining-Balance Depreciation Double-Declining-Balance Depreciation Method Double-Dip Lease Double-Dip Recession Double-Entry Bookkeeping double-exempt fund double-load corridor Double-Tax Agreement Doubling Option Douglas T. Breeden Dovish Dovuta Dow Dow dividend theory Dow Divisor			Double florin Double florin (British coin) Double Florins double flow route Double Flower Double Flower FC double for double format pavior Double Forward Fourier Transform Double Four Valve Double Foyer pour Cheminée double fracture double fracture double fracture double fracture double framing Double Frequency Modulation Double Frequency Recording double frequency shift keying Double Frequency-Shift Keying Double fugue Double fugue Double fugue double fugues Double Galvanic Outdoor Tap Double ganger Double ganger Double Gate Field Effect Transistor Double Gaussian Double geared Double Gearing double gee double gee double gee double gee double gel diffusion Double General-Purpose Outlet double genitive Double Giant Dipole Resonances Double Glazed Unit double glazing double glazing double glazing Double Glazing Panel double Gloucester double gloving double glue-down double gold Double Golden Palm Manager double group Double Gusset Executive Briefcase Double H Quarter Horses Double Haploid Double header Double header double headings Double helices Double helices double helix double helix double helix

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