- 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.
Abbreviation: IGLU. Structured product consisting of a bond and a call option on the market index. IGLUs offer a synthetic diversified share portfolio which is also hedged against losses (minimum capital redemption is guaranteed). See also structured product.
Industry:Banking
Equity sector incorporating shares of companies producing capital goods, offering corporate services, and transports. The respective MSCI Sector index acts as a benchmark for shares of companies belonging to this sector.
Industry:Banking
Equity sector incorporating shares of companies developing, producing and/or distributing software, hardware, or semiconductors. The respective MSCI Sector index acts as a benchmark for shares of companies belonging to this sector.
Industry:Banking
Abbreviation: IAS. Standards drawn up by the International Accounting Standards Board with a view to ensuring the quality, transparency and comparability of balance sheets and annual accounts. The International Accounting Standards are now known as the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), but the individual IAS standards have not been renamed.
Industry:Banking
Abbreviation: IASB. Independent, privately funded international organization based in London which is responsible for drawing up the International Accounting Standards. Website: www.iasb.org.
Industry:Banking
Abbreviation: IBAN. Standard developed by the ISO and the ECBS for identifying banks and account numbers. Its main purpose is to simplify cross-border financial transactions and thereby rationalize payments between various countries.
Industry:Banking
Abbreviation: IFRS. Accounting standards issued by the International Accounting Standards Board. The International Accounting Standards are now referred to as the IFRS, but the individual IAS standards have not been renamed.
Industry:Banking
Also: not easily marketable. Refers to securities that are difficult to sell and value. Opposite: marketable.
Industry:Banking
Abbreviation: IPI. Standardized payment slip for international payments.
Industry:Banking
Abbreviation: ISMA. Umbrella association of institutions and traders active on the Eurobond market which develops rules and regulations governing Euromarket transactions. Website: www.isma.org.
Industry:Banking
