- Industria: Financial services
- Number of terms: 25840
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- Company Profile:
UBS AG, a financial services firm, provides wealth management, asset management, and investment banking services to private, corporate, and institutional clients worldwide.
Also: investment research. Analysis of political and economic conditions, the state of the financial markets, specific industries and companies with a view to developing an investment policy, an asset allocation and individual share recommendations. See also basic analysis, technical analysis.
Industry:Banking
Private collective investment vehicle which is active in the global capital markets, seeks to achieve absolute returns and capital appreciation. Hedge funds use a variety of investment techniques, are lightly regulated and often accept only a very limited number of investors so as to ensure that their investment strategy remains flexible. Hedge funds are categorized not only according to the asset classes in which they invest (equities, bonds etc.) or their geographic or thematic orientation, but also in terms of their strategies (e.g. arbitrage, macro, event-driven or opportunistic).
Industry:Banking
Abbreviation: NIF. Credit limit extended to first-class borrowers in the Euromarket which cover their medium-term capital requirements through revolving issues. See also revolving underwriting facility.
Industry:Banking
The minimum number of members of an organized body legally competent to transact business in the absence of other members.
Industry:Banking
Systematic and ongoing analysis of the positive and negative impact of a company's activities on society. Social accounting includes the social report, the statement of net value added and the social statement.
Industry:Banking
Assets of a company set aside for circulation in the operating process. In addition to liquid assets, these include goods and claims that can normally readily be turned into cash. Opposite: fixed assets.
Industry:Banking
Order form used in the issuing business. With this form, a subscriber undertakes to take up and pay for allocated securities according to the conditions set down in the prospectus. See also issue, subscription.
Industry:Banking
Loan granted on the strength of the borrower's credit history or reputation. Opposite: secured credit.
Industry:Banking
