- 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.
Freely convertible currency characterized by low inflation rates in the country of issue and particularly high currency stability. Opposite: soft currency.
Industry:Banking
Cash amount payable to the bondholder on conversion of a bond or payable to the company by the bondholder if the adjustment is negative. It is made up as follows:
(1) Accrued interest if the term of the new bonds begins after the coupon due date of the old ones.
(2) The amount of the difference in interest if the terms overlap and interest rates differ.
(3) The price difference if the new bonds are issued above or below par value.
Industry:Banking
Mortgage loan that does not conform to US agency-established limits such as loan-to-value ratio, term to maturity and other characteristics. Non-conforming mortgages are usually mortgages not meeting the purchase requirements of the two Federal agencies, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, because they are too large or for other reasons such as poor credit or inadequate documentation.
Industry:Banking
Share issued by companies with a relatively low stock market capitalization, a low public profile and thin trading volumes. See also: large cap, mid cap.
Industry:Banking
If demand for an issue exceeds the bond amount announced, the issue is said to be oversubscribed. See also allocation and stagging.
Industry:Banking
A payment guarantee secures any claims by the seller on the buyer for payment of the contract price by the agreed date. Often used in the import-export business instead of a documentary credit where delivery is against 'open account'. The guarantee amount is as a rule the contract price or a part thereof. The term mostly corresponds to the period allowed for payment, plus 15 days for example. See also bank guarantee.
Industry:Banking
Period of time for which an investor wishes to invest part of his assets.
Industry:Banking
Reconciliation of the assets, liabilities and off-balance sheet operations of a bank in order to optimize profitability, liquidity and security within the possibilities offered by the law.
Industry:Banking
Extension of a short position until the next settlement date of the securities market, where the bank delivers the securities on a loan basis on the originally agreed settlement date and charges the client the relevant commission. Opposite: contango.
Industry:Banking
