- 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.
Part of the annual financial statements, listing all inflows and outflows of cash and therefore the change in liquidity during the year under review.
Industry:Banking
(1) Agreement whereby commercial banks temporarily borrow liquidity from the central bank. Under a repurchase agreement, the Swiss National Bank (or equivalent) will buy a specific quantity of securities for a set period and subsequently sell them back to the bank it bought them from. Also called repos.
(2) The acceptance of securities (such as equity paper) by a bank or financing institution for a limited period, with the depositor or a third party undertaking to repurchase the relevant securities after a stipulated period.
Industry:Banking
Balance brought (carried) forward from one accounting period to the next.
Industry:Banking
Financial analysis: the flow of money payments to or from a company over a given period (e.g. over the course of a year). The cash flow is the net profit plus depreciation and provisions in the period in question. Extraordinary or accrued expenses and income should be excluded from calculation of the cash flow so that the total figure reflects as clearly as possible the true earnings performance of the company in question for the period. The picture should likewise not be distorted by extreme fluctuations in the amount of hidden reserves created or released. The cash flow is a key valuation parameter for both investors and lenders.
Industry:Banking
Price which a buyer offers for the purchase of securities, foreign exchange or foreign banknotes. In other words, the price or terms at which a person is willing to buy. Opposite: asked or ask price.
Industry:Banking
(1) Difference between the lending and deposit rates of a bank, between purchase and sale prices or between bid and ask rates. See also interest margin or spread.
(2) Security deposited in stock market, option, foreign currency or precious metals trading for a forward or futures transaction or in connection with the sale of an option to cover the price risk. See also initial margin, variation margin.
(3) Loan-to-value ratio for collateral loans. See also collateral security margin.
Industry:Banking
(1) The amount of money subscribed by the shareholders at par to a company. The equity capital of a public limited company is equal to the share capital plus any participation certificate capital.
(2) Capital stock of a public limited company. Legally governed in Switzerland by Art. 621 ff. of the Code of Obligations.
Industry:Banking
A statement of the assets and liabilities of a bank existing at a particular time or date. In Switzerland, the Banking Law and its Implementing Ordinance stipulate binding regulations for the preparation and publication of annual accounts and interim financial statements. Article 25 of the Implementing Ordinance details minimum requirements.
Industry:Banking
