biens négociables

English translation: negotiable assets

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French term or phrase:biens négociables
English translation:negotiable assets
Entered by: Swiss Bankers

18:57 Mar 30, 2015
French to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Finance (general) / company art of ass. [N.B. Belgian doc]
French term or phrase: biens négociables
"La société a pour objet, tant en Belgique qu'à l'étranger, exclusivement en son propre nom et pour son propre compte :

exclusivement en son propre nom et pour son propre compte: la construction, le développement et la gestion d’un patrimoine mobilier ; toutes les opérations relatives à des biens et des droits mobiliers, de quelque nature que ce soit, tels que la vente et l’achat, la location et la prise en location, l’échange, en particulier la gestion et la valorisation de tous biens négociables, actions, obligations, fonds d’État;"

Amazed not to find this in the glossary (or anywhere else).

I guess this will be easy for the right person.

Thanks in advance for your help.
Swiss Bankers
Local time: 11:01
negotiable assets
Explanation:
Negotiable assets are assets (goods or securities) whose ownership is easily transferrable from one party to another.



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Note added at 14 hrs (2015-03-31 09:42:04 GMT)
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There are litterally hundreds of financial books using this term. E.g.
"Although the cash and short-term negotiable assets may be considered similar to holdings of risk-free assets, accounts receivables and inventory amounts are far from being risk free" Financial Analysis and the Predictability of Important Economic Events
By Ahmed Riahi-Belkaoui

"This especially applies to (1) related-party transactions, (2) interrelated accounts and cutoffs, and (3) negotiable assets. For interrelated accounts and negotiable....
Wiley CPA Exam Review 2011, Auditing and Attestation, Volume 1
By Patrick R. Delaney, O. Ray Whittington
"In between are readily negotiable assets such as long-term government securities"
The Bank Credit Analysis Handbook: A Guide for Analysts, Bankers and Investors
By Jonathan Golin, Philippe Delhaise
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Howard Sugar
Italy
Local time: 11:01
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thank you, Howard
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2negotiable assets
Howard Sugar
4marketable/sellable/saleable goods
Francois Boye
3 +1negotiable property
B D Finch
4marketable goods
Louise TAYLOR
3trading/tradeable/tradable assets
Ana Vozone


  

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19 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
marketable/sellable/saleable goods


Explanation:
my suggestion

Francois Boye
United States
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Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 305
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Asker: thank you, Francois

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48 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
negotiable property


Explanation:
This first reference is, admittedly, rather old and I hope the book wasn't forgotten for good cause:

http://www.forgottenbooks.com/readbook_text/The_Law_of_Negot...
" ... in using the phrase ** negotiable instruments," I should like to use that phrase as included under the wider term of negotiable property so that negotiable property should include negotiable chattels and negotiable instruments. have only found the words " negotiable property " used once by a Judge. I wish to tell you that there are negotiable chattels as well as negotiable instruments. No interest in land can be negotiable. The Chancery Judges have not yet established negotiable interests in land, and therefore you may get rid of land."

www.fs.fed.us/dirindexhome/fsm/6400/6410.doc
... Official Authority, Negotiable Property, and Property of a Personal Character ... inventories, copyrights, negotiable instruments, money orders, bonds, shares of ...

B D Finch
France
Local time: 11:01
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Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 146
Notes to answerer
Asker: thank you, Barbara: I had a very slight preference for Howard's suggestion.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Daryo: I think that in "biens négociables" "biens" is meant to be a very general category, not goods or land or ...
54 mins
  -> Thanks Daryo
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
trading/tradeable/tradable assets


Explanation:
Another suggestion, one of many possible.
I think your question does not relate to physical goods, but to financial instruments.
This is a very important aspect...



DEFINITION of 'Trading Assets' A collection of securities held by a firm that are held for the purpose of reselling for a profit. Trading assets are recorded as a separate account from the investment portfolio.



    https://books.google.pt/books?id=rYZmuRGt5j8C&pg=PA226&lpg=PA226&dq=%22tradable+assets%22&source=bl&ots=8wi0r-G74x&sig=8hcZ7EHKAAUcFkHeXAby6
    Reference: http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Financial_instrument
Ana Vozone
Local time: 10:01
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Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 48
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Asker: thank you, Ana

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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
marketable goods


Explanation:
I would say that 'biens' are goods or assets.
so liquid or marketable goods.


    Reference: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//...
Louise TAYLOR
France
Local time: 11:01
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
negotiable assets


Explanation:
Negotiable assets are assets (goods or securities) whose ownership is easily transferrable from one party to another.



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Note added at 14 hrs (2015-03-31 09:42:04 GMT)
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There are litterally hundreds of financial books using this term. E.g.
"Although the cash and short-term negotiable assets may be considered similar to holdings of risk-free assets, accounts receivables and inventory amounts are far from being risk free" Financial Analysis and the Predictability of Important Economic Events
By Ahmed Riahi-Belkaoui

"This especially applies to (1) related-party transactions, (2) interrelated accounts and cutoffs, and (3) negotiable assets. For interrelated accounts and negotiable....
Wiley CPA Exam Review 2011, Auditing and Attestation, Volume 1
By Patrick R. Delaney, O. Ray Whittington
"In between are readily negotiable assets such as long-term government securities"
The Bank Credit Analysis Handbook: A Guide for Analysts, Bankers and Investors
By Jonathan Golin, Philippe Delhaise


Example sentence(s):
  • In multicultural Australia, libraries should be non-negotiable assets
  • The following sections describe negotiable transaction assets, modeling of investor behavior, setting of transaction prices, and the rule of natural selection

    Reference: http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/apr/29/in-mult...
Howard Sugar
Italy
Local time: 11:01
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 20
Grading comment
thank you, Howard

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  philgoddard
12 hrs

agree  Yvonne Gallagher: what I'd use here
1 day 8 mins
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