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market consists of financial dealers who trade with clients and with each other.– 6 Unit trusts (包括) 1 Real estate investment trusts (REITs): allow investors to acquire an interest in a professionally managed portfolio of real estate. Some REITs only invest in real estate such as hotels and shopping centers. 2 Infrastructure funds: invest in assets involved in the supply of essential goods and services such as railways and oil/gas pipelines. Most infrastructure funds involve a pany/trust group that issues stapled securities.(不同特點(diǎn)) Chapter 10 Sources of Finance: Debt1 定義Debt — contract where borrower promises to pay future cash flows to lender. Contract specifies the size and timing of interest payments and how they are calculated. ? 2 兩種形式及其界限1 Longterm debt — maturity greater than 12 months. ? Two broad types of longterm debt:– Loans from banks and other financial intermediaries.– Funds raised by issuing marketable debt securities such as corporate bonds.? 2 Shortterm debt — due for repayment within 12 months9 / 9。Chapter 2 Market segmentation1 定義。 Market Segmentation is defined as: “The process of dividing a market into distinct subsets of consumers with mon needs and selecting one or more segments to ta