- 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.
Part of the annual financial statements, listing all inflows and outflows of cash and therefore the change in liquidity during the year under review.
Industry:Banking
(1) Agreement whereby commercial banks temporarily borrow liquidity from the central bank. Under a repurchase agreement, the Swiss National Bank (or equivalent) will buy a specific quantity of securities for a set period and subsequently sell them back to the bank it bought them from. Also called repos.
(2) The acceptance of securities (such as equity paper) by a bank or financing institution for a limited period, with the depositor or a third party undertaking to repurchase the relevant securities after a stipulated period.
Industry:Banking
Balance brought (carried) forward from one accounting period to the next.
Industry:Banking
Measure of the change in an option's price due to a decrease in the time left to maturity. The theta coefficient reflects how options lose their value over the course of time.
Industry:Banking
The inalienable right attached to a convertible bond entitling the holder to convert it into shares or participation certificates of the respective company.
Industry:Banking
(1) Ratio of a company's equity to its entire capital. See also self-financing.
(2) Basic ratio which expresses equity capital as a percentage of a company's total assets.
Industry:Banking
Bill of exchange accepted by the drawee bank. Not a common form of exchange transaction in Switzerland. However, bankers' acceptances play an important role as money market instruments.
Industry:Banking
Financial analysis: the flow of money payments to or from a company over a given period (e.g. over the course of a year). The cash flow is the net profit plus depreciation and provisions in the period in question. Extraordinary or accrued expenses and income should be excluded from calculation of the cash flow so that the total figure reflects as clearly as possible the true earnings performance of the company in question for the period. The picture should likewise not be distorted by extreme fluctuations in the amount of hidden reserves created or released. The cash flow is a key valuation parameter for both investors and lenders.
Industry:Banking
Regulatory requirements which establish a minimum level of capital which banks are required to maintain to cover the level of risks taken by them on a proprietary basis.
Industry:Banking
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
