- 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 principles and guidelines that govern business relations. They are an integral part of contracts concluded between a company (e.g. a bank) and any of numerous business partners.
Industry:Banking
Loan granted to temporarily strengthen the working capital of companies and self-employed persons to ease a shortage of liquidity. See also capital investment loan.
Industry:Banking
(1) The seller of an uncovered position is still under obligation to deliver them.
(2) Shortage of units due to an excessive number of short sales.
(3) An uncovered amount under a Lombard loan.
Industry:Banking
Investment strategy that focuses on companies whose earnings are expected to rise at an above-average rate.
Industry:Banking
A summary in writing of all account transactions within a given period. Depending on the type of account, interest is calculated on a monthly to yearly basis. Can also be accessed online.
Industry:Banking
Mutual offsetting of claims and liabilities from identical types of transaction between two parties. Important in connexion with the capital adequacy requirements applicable to banks. In industry: a method of optimising intra-group capital transfers via a central account of net credits.
Industry:Banking
Credit institution specialising in granting personal or consumer loans and financing instalment purchasing (hire purchase in UK).
Industry:Banking
In securities trading, a selling position which has not yet been closed by the purchase of a counterposition. Investors are said to be short if, following a short sale, they need to buy securities to meet their obligations. On assignment, the writer of an option contract undertakes to deliver (call) or buy (put) the underlyings. Opposite: long position.
Industry:Banking
(1) Trading activity used by mutual fund and portfolio managers near the year end or quarter end to improve the appearance of the portfolio/fund performance before presenting it to clients or shareholders.
(2) Bank accounting policy: increasing total assets by taking up interbank assets prior to a reference date so as to present higher liquidity.
Industry:Banking
A supplement or appendix attached to a document (deed, bill of exchange, registered share) which can be used for endorsements.
Industry:Banking
