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SPECIAL MEMORANDUM ACCOUNT Definition
SPECIAL MEMORANDUM ACCOUNT (SMA) is a sub-account of a margin account for excess equity. It can be withdrawn or used to buy more securities.
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FLOWCHART, in accounting, is a schematic representation of a sequence of operations in an accounting system or computer program. Also called a flow diagram or flow sheet.
DOUBLE LEVERAGE usually refers to a situation where a holding company raises debt and downstreams it as equity capital, or subordinated debt, to a subsidiary, i.e. it is the use of debt by both the parent company and the subsidiary, in combination with the companys equity capital, to finance the assets of the subsidiary.
