Financial Glossary

   

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Late Charge - A penalty charged by banking institutions for not paying installment due on time.

Late Payment Charges - Interest charged on the overdue installment payment, calculated on a daily basis.

Legal Fees on Loan Agreement - Legal fees incurred for loan agreement. The current rate is 1% for the first RM100,000 and 0.5% for the next RM4,900,000.

Letter of Administration - A Grant of representation issued by the High Court to a person to allow him to administer the estate of the deceased who died without a will.

Liability - i. Legal responsibility to pay. ii. A financial obligation or the cash outlay that must be made at a specific time to satisfy the contractual terms of such an obligation.

Licensed Money Changers - Money changers licensed under the Money-Changing Act 1998 by Bank Negara Malaysia.

Liquidity - This is the ease at which you can convert your assets to cash at fair market value. Liquidity is an important consideration especially for short-term investments as well as the ease to convert to cash to finance expenditure.

Listed Large Capital Stock - Companies whose shares are listed on Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad with market capitalization of generally above RM2 billion.

Listed Small Capital Stock - Companies whose shares are listed on Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad with market capitalization of generally below RM750 million.

Loan Lock-in Period - This is the minimum period borrowers are required to maintain their loans with banking institutions without being subjected to any penalty.

Loan Tenure - Number of years taken to fully repay the loan principal and interest as agreed under a specific repayment programme.
 

 
 
 

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