- 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.
Swiss law which, together with the related ordinances issued by the Federal Council and the Swiss regulatory authority, governs the relationships between investors, fund management and custodian bank.
Industry:Banking
Bond issued by foreign borrowers and denominated in Australian dollars (AUD).
Industry:Banking
International cash dispenser chain created to enable bank customers to withdraw cash up to a certain amount at anytime of the day or night. To do this, clients require a customer card or Maestro card and PIN code. Bancomats can also be used to load electronic purses using the CASH facility.
Industry:Banking
Abbr.: BIS. International financial institution domiciled in Basel. The BIS promotes cooperation between central banks as well as advocating the standardisation of banking regulations by issuing recommendations for capital adequacy, risk management and derivatives. Website: http://www.bis.org.
Industry:Banking
Swiss Federal Law on Banks and Savings Banks dated 8 November 1934, and revisions. Designed primarily to protect creditors, the Banking Law also defines licencing policy, minimum liquidity requirements, capital adequacy, accounting principles, and internal and external supervision. The law governs the operations of all banks, private bankers and savings banks.
Industry:Banking
Abbr.: BankO. Abbreviation for the Swiss Implementing Ordinance on Banks and Savings Banks of 17 May 1972 and its amendments. It contains the supplementary provisions to the Swiss Banking Law.
Industry:Banking
Correspondence from the bank to the customer retained at the bank at the customer's written instructions. Mail retained in this manner is handed out or forwarded to the customer only at his request.
Industry:Banking
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
