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Te reo Māori financial glossary

He Reo Whairawa

Our financial glossary is developed by Dr Karena Kelly and Brook Taurua Grant. It has 100 wealth and investment kupu (words), with the aim of promoting te reo Māori in the wealth and investment sector and related educational programmes.

A

risk profile

investment approach

risk management 

H

collective investment

investment

authorised investments

passive

responsible investing

excluded investments 

fixed income (interest) security 

due diligence

capital loss

active

underperform 

financial return 

non-financial return — for example — social or cultural

income return or yield (income  dividends of interest)

lease income 

negative returns

positive returns

dividends

portfolio

K

custodian

financial advisor

M

willingness to accept risk

investment mandate

growth

liquid / liquidity

maturity / term (of investment)

outperform

fund update

aggressive

asset class

investment horizon

short term

long term

benchmark 

investment hurdle rate

defensive

capital preservation 

economic expansion 

short term deposit

long term deposit 

capital return 

inflation 

cash and cash equivalents

term deposit 

primary sector

alternatives sector

fixed income (interest) sector

equities sector

private equity sector

property sector

financial capacity

investment strategy

asset

growth assets

income assets

T

fund

managed fund 

net return

operational risk  

investment universe

Statement of Investment Policies and Objectives (SIPO)

total financial return (gross)

market risk

risk

shares or equities

economy

debt

economic recession

asset allocation

distribution

economic indicator

gross return

total financial return (net)

credit rating/ financial strength

conservative

liquidity risk 

currency risk 

credit risk

advice or recommendations

U

cost of investment

W

leverage

portfolio construction (verb/noun) 

to generate income

equity or ownership

performance

investment objectives

target (allocations)

stakeholder

investment opportunity 

debt servicing 

to diversify

diversification

to grow capital or assets

disclosure statement (advisors)

rebalance

balanced