- 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.
Positive change in ratings for a security. An example is an analyst's upgrading of a stock such as from "sell" to "buy".
Industry:Banking
Also: stock exchange dealer, broker. An individual or firm which trades professionally on the stock exchange in its own name on behalf of clients. More precisely, the broker (as opposed to the dealer) has merely an intermediary or negotiating function in that it contracts in its own name but for the account of the client or provides the possibility of such trades. See also securities trader.
Industry:Banking
Prevention of accidental large-scale fluctuations in the prices of shares or bonds by selling such securities in the event of excessive price rises and purchasing them when prices come under extremely heavy pressure. See also support purchase.
Industry:Banking
Widely used term for an obligation under a bill or other instrument, but can also refer to many other forms of liability, undertaking or guarantee. See also liability under bills of exchange, without our liability.
Industry:Banking
In Switzerland, generally a small bank whose operations are restricted to a specific region. In the nineties, the majority of regional banks came under the aegis of RBA-Holding.
Industry:Banking
(1) Credit line granted against payment of compensation (commitment commission) for a specified term. (2) Bridging loan extended to a country or central bank facing balance of payments difficulties (e.g. the stand-by facilities of the IMF).
Industry:Banking
Document certifying the country of origin as well as the price or value of goods. It may be issued by an official organization, such as a chamber of commerce, or by the beneficiary or the manufacturer.
Industry:Banking
(1) Synonym for subscribed allotment. (2) Allocation of securities reduced on a pro rata basis if supply and demand cannot be matched at a certain price.
Industry:Banking
Set of regulations governing trading on a stock exchange subject to approval by the relevant national government. The stock exchange regulations include details of the tasks of the stock exchange supervisory authority, market surveillance, admission to the stock exchange as well as active trading, securities admission, price setting, etc. Furthermore, the stock exchange regulations must contain provisions governing the composition and election of members of the Admission Board and the meaning of price designations as well as technical regulations (trading days, trading times, segments, etc.).
Industry:Banking
