- 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.
SRI approach where investors make use of their rights as owners to enter into a dialogue with boards or management of companies with the aim of influencing corporate behavior on environmental, social, ethical or governance issues. Engagement can take many forms ranging from dialogue with management, voting shares or issuing shareholder resolutions.
Industry:Banking
Endeavours by a company's management to steadily increase the value of the company for the shareholders. See also stakeholder value.
Industry:Banking
Ratio that measures the risk-adjusted performance of a portfolio by dividing the excess return (over cash) by the standard deviation of the portfolio's return.
Industry:Banking
Combination of banking and insurance services in one financial institution. Sometimes used to refer to the full range of financial services.
Industry:Banking
Investment fund which is not restricted to any particular countries, regions or sectors and which invests globally.
Industry:Banking
Option which can be exercised at any time, including on the expiry date. See also European option.
Industry:Banking
Abbreviation: FRB. Synonym for floating rate note.
Industry:Banking
Bond issued by foreign borrowers and denominated in Australian dollars (AUD).
Industry:Banking
International cash dispenser chain created to enable bank customers to withdraw cash up to a certain amount at anytime of the day or night. To do this, clients require a customer card or Maestro card and PIN code. Bancomats can also be used to load electronic purses using the CASH facility.
Industry:Banking
Correspondence from the bank to the customer retained at the bank at the customer's written instructions. Mail retained in this manner is handed out or forwarded to the customer only at his request.
Industry:Banking
