- 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.
Assets of a company that are not required for operational purposes. Opposite: operating assets.
Industry:Banking
In Switzerland, this expression refers to the relation of capital funds to total liabilities as stipulated by the Banking Law.
Industry:Banking
Valuable assets, such as securities, merchandise, etc., deposited and pledged as security for the repayment of a loan.
Industry:Banking
Term customarily applied in many countries to the category of large banks operating on an international scale. Switzerland's big banks are UBS and Credit Suisse.
Industry:Banking
Also: face value, nominal value. Value of a security as printed on its face. Ordinarily not identical with the market value. Swiss law prescribes a minimum par value of CHF 0.01 per share, whereas in the United States and Canada shares may be issued without par value.
Industry:Banking
Bank account operated as a current account by private individuals with special interest and withdrawal conditions. See also savings account.
Industry:Banking
Foreign bond issued in Japan and not denominated in yen. See also samurai bond.
Industry:Banking
Also referred to as acquisition. The transfer of control of a company from one group of shareholders to another. Takeovers are linked to a change in the top management of the target company, the latter being integrated in the acquiring company once the takeover is complete. A distinction is drawn between friendly takeovers and hostile takeovers. See also merger.
Industry:Banking
