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{{def|Financial instrument|/fɪˈnanʃ(ə)l ˈɪnstrʊm(ə)nt/|n|[[File:Stradivarius.jpg|450px|thumb|center|A self-referencing [[credit-linked note]], yesterday]]}}
{{def|Financial instrument|/fɪˈnanʃ(ə)l ˈɪnstrʊm(ə)nt/|n|[[File:Stradivarius.jpg|450px|thumb|center|A self-referencing [[credit-linked note]], yesterday]]}}
Colloquially, a contract creating financial liabilities between two parties. It can, but need not, be [[negotiable]], but its main feature — its ''[[sine qua non]]'' — is that it cannot be [[Issuance|created]], [[paying agent|maintained]], [[investment manager|managed]], [[Custody|looked after]], [[Broker-dealer|transferred]], [[Securitisation|monetised]] or [[Redemption|redeemed]] — it cannot move or breathe, in other words — except through the agency of someone who will deduct a fee from the proceeds of your investment for the privilege.  
Colloquially, a contract creating financial liabilities between two parties. It can, but need not, be [[negotiable]], but its main feature — its ''[[sine qua non]]'' — is that it cannot be [[Issuance|created]], [[paying agent|maintained]], [[investment manager|managed]], [[Custody|looked after]], [[Broker-dealer|transferred]], [[Securitisation|monetised]] or [[Redemption|redeemed]] — it cannot move or breathe, in other words — except through the [[Agency problem|agency]] of someone who will deduct a fee from the proceeds of your investment for the privilege.  
==MiFID==
==MiFID==
A whole world of [[tedium]] under [[MiFID II]]. Defined as follows —
A whole world of [[tedium]] under [[MiFID II]]. Defined as follows —
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{{Bonds listed}}
{{Bonds listed}}
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*[[Agency problem]]
*[[Best execution]]
*[[Best execution]]
*[[AIFMD]] and {{aifmdprov|financial instrument}} as used thereunder.
*[[AIFMD]] and {{aifmdprov|financial instrument}} as used thereunder.