peripheral

English translation: sectors that are not mainstream

17:08 Jul 17, 2007
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Investment / Securities / bonds
English term or phrase: peripheral
Quarterly report of a corporate bond fund:

"Our sector positioning has a bias to prefer subordinated financials and corporate hybrid peripherals."
Bjørnar Magnussen
Local time: 15:11
Selected answer:sectors that are not mainstream
Explanation:
The bond fund is focusing on sectors that are not currently attracting mainstream investors. These sectors or the corporate hybrid peripherals would be ones that are being market-tested or entering only beginning stages of corporate development.
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Tae Kim
United States
Local time: 07:11
Grading comment
I am still not 100% confident about this, but the proofreader did not have any objections.
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sectors that are not mainstream


Explanation:
The bond fund is focusing on sectors that are not currently attracting mainstream investors. These sectors or the corporate hybrid peripherals would be ones that are being market-tested or entering only beginning stages of corporate development.

Tae Kim
United States
Local time: 07:11
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Native speaker of: Native in KoreanKorean
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
I am still not 100% confident about this, but the proofreader did not have any objections.
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