ielts topic specific vocab (band 9) finance

TOPIC SPECIFIC VOCABULARY

Band 9 essays require
TOPIC SPECIFIC
vocabulary,
First the slide shows the term, the second sentence puts it into context.

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financial district

A ride in a London taxi from Canary Wharf, a financial district, to the Bank of England sounds like an inimitably British experience.


part-owned by

Londons black cabs are made by Manganese Bronze, which is part-owned by Geely,


a sovereign-wealth fund

China Investment Corporation (CIC), a sovereign-wealth fund, has the third-largest stake in


the third-largest stake

has the third-largest stake in Songbird Estates,


leased

which have bought or leased about 300,000 square feet (28,000 square metres) of office space


Chinese-owned

The Bank of England is not yet Chinese-owned but it is increasingly.....


plush new headquarters

Bank of China, which has been in London since 1929, has recently moved into plush new headquarters that overlook the central bank.


another state-owned giant

Down the road, in King William Street, the builders are at work inside the future home of ICBC, another state-owned giant.


political elites

Europes political elites have fewer qualms.


sovereign-debt markets

A buyers strike in sovereign-debt markets has left several struggling euro-zone countries wondering...


purchase euro-denominated

Such visible signs of Chinese encroachment will feed the worries of many Europeans.


outward expansion

But Europe is likely to feel the force of Chinas outward expansion earlier than America.


prevented from buying

where a Chinese oil firm was prevented from buying Unocal in 2005


colours perceptions.

...an event that still colours perceptions.


incentive to diversify

And Chinas huge holdings of Treasuries give it an incentive to diversify into other markets.


economic forays

In analysing Chinas economic forays into Europe, it helps to divide them into three categories...


ielts topic specific vocab (band 9) finance

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