The field of 'finance' refers to the concepts of time, money and risk and how
they are interrelated. Banks are the main facilitators of funding through the
provision of credit, although private equity, mutual funds, hedge funds, and
other organizations have become important. Financial assets, known as
investments, are financially managed with careful attention to financial risk
management to control financial risk. Financial instruments allow many forms of
securitized assets to be traded on securities exchanges such as stock exchanges,
including debt such as bonds as well as equity in publicly-traded corporations.
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