- 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.
A market is referred to as narrow if a security is traded irregularly or if only a few units of a particular issue are in circulation. Sizable buying or selling orders for such securities generally lead to sharp price fluctuations in a narrow market.
Industry:Banking
Realising a stock market profit by either selling the securities at a price which is higher than the cost price or, in the case of a short sale, by repurchasing the securities at a price which is lower than the selling price.
Industry:Banking
An amount of money deposited as security for a contingent obligation resulting from the violation of a right. The term «security» is also used in a more general sense to refer to any form of guarantee or surety for obligations that are uncertain, disputed or not yet due.
Industry:Banking
Mean due date for several sums payable at different dates (frequently applies to a bill of exchange).
Industry:Banking
The value of a variable below which a certain percentage of observations fall.
Industry:Banking
Yen-denominated bond issued by non-Japanese borrowers on the primary market in Japan and which are almost exclusively traded over-the-counter on the international secondary market.
Industry:Banking
Supplementary capital that forms part of bank's equity. The tier 2 capital comprises hybrid trading instruments, hidden reserves in the value adjustments and provisions position, fluctuation reserves in the fixed assets, loans and bonds with an original subordinated term to maturity of at least 5 years and 50% of the further contributions the bank is liable to make on a certain amount. See also tier 1.
Industry:Banking
Bill of exchange with a commodity transaction as the underlying. See also finance bill.
Industry:Banking
(1) Loan for a relatively small amount, repayable in instalments and usually granted to salaried employees for personal consumption and durable goods purchases. Personal loans can be used at the borrower's discretion and not tied to a specific purpose. See also consumer credit.
(2) Credit granted to a private person for non-commercial purposes solely on the basis of that person's creditworthiness, income and financial circumstances. See also unsecured credit.
(3) Loan granted to private persons for non-commercial purposes, e.g. consumer credit. The amount and term of a personal loan depend on the needs of the borrower.
Industry:Banking
Also: bank check. A draught issued by a bank which may be drawn on the issuing bank itself or on a third bank. Readily negotiable means of cashless payment.
Industry:Banking
