illiquid
Americanadjective
adjective
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(of an asset) not easily convertible into cash
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(of an enterprise, organization, etc) deficient in liquid assets
Other Word Forms
- illiquidity noun
- illiquidly adverb
Etymology
Origin of illiquid
Example Sentences
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New product structures aim to solve the central challenge: how to make inherently illiquid investments feel liquid.
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These new investors line up to get their money back, effectively forcing sales of illiquid assets, as in the case of Blue Owl, at a time when entire segments of financial markets are getting repriced based on investor estimates of how artificial intelligence will disrupt the economy.
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Pension funds and insurance companies have long investing time horizons and understand that illiquid assets are the source of the higher yield or “illiquidity premium” they earn.
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The Blue Owl episode highlights the friction that can emerge when periodic, albeit limited, liquidity is promised against fundamentally illiquid underlying assets.
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More importantly, it complicates understanding how these layers may interact in stress — especially when combined with illiquid assets.
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