- Industry: 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.
Stock market term for selling a security one does not own but intends to buy later at a lower price to cover the sale. Until the purchase to close the transaction has been made, the trader is said to be short on the particular stock or security. Traders taking advantage of falling prices to go short are known as bears.
Industry:Banking
Company with permanent holdings in other, legally independent companies for the purpose of control or financing. See also holding privilege.
Industry:Banking
The capacity of a borrower to bear the financial burden of borrowing, taking into account his/her income, earnings and assets. See also creditworthiness.
Industry:Banking
Exclusive right to issue banknotes. In Switzerland, this privilege has been granted to the Swiss National Bank by the Federal Government.
Industry:Banking
The order of claim established by senior and junior mortgages to the underlying real estate serving as collateral for the mortgage. The mortgages are entered in the Land Register in the order of their priority (first mortgage, second mortgage, etc.). The claim is generally realized (the mortgage foreclosed) by an action or proceedings brought by the creditor against the debtor after the latter has defaulted or as a consequence of the debtor's bankruptcy.
Industry:Banking
Banking: period during which certain securities are not placed freely at the owner's disposal (e.g. securities or employee shares deposited as collateral).
Industry:Banking
Long or short position which is not hedged by a corresponding opposite position. See also long position, short position.
Industry:Banking
Exploiting arbitrage opportunities offered by differences in interest rates.
Industry:Banking
Vermögenswerte von einem Unternehmen erworben, die nicht zum sofortigen Verzehr, z. B. Land, Maschinen, Werkzeuge, Geräte, Möbel, etc. bestimmt sind. Beinhaltet auch bestimmte immaterielle Werte (Patente, Lizenzen, Prozesse) und ständigen teilnahmen. Gegenteil: Umlaufvermögen.
Industry:Banking
Auch: Buch Building Verfahrens. Verfahren in einem Börsengang oder die Ausgabe der Wertpapiere, in denen die Preiserwartungen der großen institutionellen Anleger Rechnung getragen werden, bevor der tatsächliche Ausgabekurs festgelegt wird. Im Gegensatz zu einem Festpreis-Verfahren trägt der Emittent das Platzierung-Risiko für Bookbuilding.
Industry:Banking
