1) The replacement of short-term fixed-interest debt (floating debt) by long-term fixed-interest debt (funded debt). This is normally associated with the government's handling of the national debt through the operations of the Bank of England. The bank buys Treasury bills and replaces them with an equal amount of longer-term government bonds, thus lengthening the average maturity of government debt. This has the effect of tightening the monetary system, as Treasury bills are regarded by the commercial banks as liquid assets while bonds are not.

See also:

overfunding.

2) A change in the capital gearing of a company, in which short-term debts, such as overdrafts, are replaced by longer-term debts, such as debentures.

• London Inter Bank Mean Rate
• London Inter Bank Offered Rate
• London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange
• London International Insurance and Reinsurance Market Association
• London Metal Exchange
• London rules
• London Securities and Derivatives Exchange
• London Stock Exchange
• London Sugar Futures Market
• London Traded Options Market
• London Underwriting Centre
• long-dated forward
• long-dated gilt
• long-funded
• long hedging
• long position
• longs
• long-term bond
• long-term contract
• long-term debt
• long-term equity anticipation securities
• long-term liability
• long-term prime rate
• long-term rate risk
• lookback option