- Industry: 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.
Investmentfonds, die vor allem in Rohstoffaktien oder handelbare Güter investiert.
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
(1) Difference between the lending and deposit rates of a bank, between purchase and sale prices or between bid and ask rates. See also interest margin or spread.
(2) Security deposited in stock market, option, foreign currency or precious metals trading for a forward or futures transaction or in connection with the sale of an option to cover the price risk. See also initial margin, variation margin.
(3) Loan-to-value ratio for collateral loans. See also collateral security margin.
Industry:Banking
Predetermined spot price of the underlying at which an out option (knock-out or kick-out) is automatically terminated. See also instrike.
Industry:Banking
Premium demanded by investors for investing in risky capital investments. The higher the risk of loss or default, the higher the premium.
Industry:Banking
