- 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.
The presentation for payment of any obligation, bill of exchange, draft or other instrument.
Industry:Banking
Payment for the securities allotted under subscriptions to new or conversion issues. In the case of equities, this can be either full or partial, depending on whether only part or all of the share's par value is paid. See also non-paid-up capital.
Industry:Banking
Investment fund which is permitted to issue new units continuously and is obligated to redeem issued shares at their net asset value if shareholders so demand. Switzerland allows only this type of investment fund. Opposite: closed-end fund.
Industry:Banking
The act of returning assets invested in other countries to the funds' country of origin.
Industry:Banking
Dividend distributed in the form of shares of the company in question. Stock dividends are rare in Switzerland due to the tax burden they entail, but are common in the USA.
Industry:Banking
Also: statutory limitation. When a claim becomes time barred after a certain period of time has elapsed the borrower is then no longer obliged to make any payments. There are different limitation periods defined by law depending on the type of claim in question (cf. for example 127 ff. of the Swiss Code of Obligations). Mortgage claims are not subject to statutory limitation.
Industry:Banking
Abbreviation: GAAP. Mandatory US standards for the presentation of accounts. See also Swiss Accounting and Reporting Recommendations, International Financial Reporting Standards.
Industry:Banking
Bill of exchange presented to a bank for collection (and not for discounting). The countervalue of the bill is credited to the account of the customer either immediately «on the due date» or only «after collection».
Industry:Banking
Mix of hedge fund strategies characterized by the manager's complete freedom of choice as to strategic changes. Opportunistic hedge fund managers can utilize one or many investing styles at a given time. They are not restricted to any particular investment approach or asset class.
Industry:Banking
