- Industria: Financial services
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UBS AG, a financial services firm, provides wealth management, asset management, and investment banking services to private, corporate, and institutional clients worldwide.
Set of guidelines issued by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision in 1988 covering capital adequacy and risk management by banks. See also Basel II, Basel Committee on Banking Supervision.
Industry:Banking
Revised version of the guidelines drawn up by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision covering risk management, the powers of the supervisory bodies to monitor risk management and the extended duty of disclosure and market discipline of the banks. See also Basel I, Basel Committee on Banking Supervision.
Industry:Banking
Equity sector incorporating shares of companies producing or retailing consumer goods such as food, household appliances and personal care. The respective MSCI Sector index acts as a benchmark for shares of companies belonging to this sector.
Industry:Banking
Committee of banking supervisory authorities that coordinates banking supervision in the individual member countries. The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision was founded in 1974 by the governors of the central banks of the Group of Ten. It is made up of high-ranking representatives of the banking supervisory authorities and central banks of a range of European and non-European countries. The committee generally convenes at the Bank for International Settlements in Basel, where it has its permanent secretariat. The guidelines on the Capital Accord (Basel I and Basel II) were drawn up by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision. The committee does not, however, have any legislative powers.
Industry:Banking
SRI approach (subset of positive screening) where the leading companies with regard to environmental, social or governance criteria from each individual sector or industry group are identified and included in the portfolio.
Industry:Banking
Platinum coin minted on the Isle of Man. Usual size contains 1 ounce of platinum, but coins containing 1/10 ounce are also produced.
Industry:Banking
Model developed by F. Black and M. Scholes in 1973 for calculating the price of European options on shares and indices.
Industry:Banking
Model developed by Fischer Black and Myron Scholes in 1973 for calculating the price of European options on shares and indices or warrants. The model of Black and Scholes is one of three valuation models for calculating the fair value of an option or warrant. The fair value calculation includes the price of the underlying, the strike price, the residual term to maturity, the dividend, the interest rate and the volatility.
Industry:Banking
Australian gold coin with a face value of AUD 100 containing 1 ounce of fine gold. Nugget coins with 1/2, 1/4 and 1/10 ounce of fine gold are also minted.
Industry:Banking
