How to pronounce “mark to market” in English

And what that means-- mark to market-- means that if equity markets around the world declined, he'd have to pass the amount of his obligations increase

Well, they have the ability to mark to market their own investments.

And they basically can, as I said, mark to market their own businesses.

But if you look at private real estate funds, they also tend to be less volatile than publicly-traded REITs, which has raised some questions about their mark to market ability.

No other insurance company, publicly held, could withstand that type of a markdown based on mark to market.

The other thing, the more important thing, was nobody else would touch this stuff, because every quarter there is a mark to market requirement.

And every time it collapsed, they'd have to pass through the reported profits, the mark to market.