Securities that have a claim on assets.
Intangible assets, such as savings accounts and securities that are acquired for some anticipated future return
Paper claims by one person against another.
Financial assets include cash, securities, insurance contracts, and deposit contracts. Real estate is not considered a financial asset for the purposes of this calculation.
Financial Assets are the record or the claim that facilitates an exchange of funds and a shift of risk.
assets in the form of stocks, bonds, rights, certificates, bank balances, etc., as distinguished from tangible, physical assets. For example, real property is a physical asset, but shares in a real estate investment trust (REIT) or the stock or bonds of a company that held property as an investment would be financial assets.
Resources such as cash or loans that are needed to acquire real assets.