What is ‘Impose’
The act of placing a fee, levy, tax or charge on an asset or transaction to the detriment of the investor. The imposition of fees is a common practice in most investment products and services, and may be used as a deterrent to selling or exiting a financial position early.
Explaining ‘Impose’
Fees are inevitable, regardless of whether you are a small retail investor or a multinational investment bank. Just about every financial service involves a payment to the party that helps to facilitate the transaction. Most fees should be made known to investors before they purchase a new security or move funds in a way that will incur a charge of some kind.
Many fees are imposed not at the time of transaction, but instead levied on an annual basis as a percentage of assets or holdings.
Further Reading
- Does Earnings Preannouncement Information Impose Effects on the Forecast Behavior of Financial Analysts?[J] – en.cnki.com.cn [PDF]
- Will homeowners impose property taxes? – www.sciencedirect.com [PDF]
- Federalism, fiscal space, and public investment spending: do fiscal rules impose hard-budget constraints? – www.elgaronline.com [PDF]
- The economics of small business finance: The roles of private equity and debt markets in the financial growth cycle – www.sciencedirect.com [PDF]
- Heterogeneous agent models in economics and finance – www.sciencedirect.com [PDF]
