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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.
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
Predetermined spot price of the underlying at which an out option (knock-out or kick-out) is automatically terminated. See also instrike.
Industry:Banking
Premium demanded by investors for investing in risky capital investments. The higher the risk of loss or default, the higher the premium.
Industry:Banking
Also referred to as a consortium. Group of companies that come together for a common purpose. See underwriting syndicate.
Industry:Banking
Full convertibility means a currency can be exchanged into other currencies with virtually no restrictions. See also partial convertibility, convertibility.
Industry:Banking
Risk of a trade failing to settle due to error, default or weaknesses in the settlement system.
Industry:Banking
Measure unit for oil equivalent to 42 US gallons or around 159 litres. Production statistics are published in barrel units, and prices for almost all the commonly known crude oil types are set in dollars per barrel.
Industry:Banking
Also: squeeze. Anglo-American term for the market situation in which short sales by bears vastly exceed the number of stocks freely available on the market and not in firm hands. This forces buyers (especially speculators who have sold short and must make purchases to cover their sales) to pay an excessively high price. See also bear, short sale.
Industry:Banking
