- Industry: Financial services
- Number of terms: 25840
- Number of blossaries: 0
- Company Profile:
UBS AG, a financial services firm, provides wealth management, asset management, and investment banking services to private, corporate, and institutional clients worldwide.
Any of the services and activities listed in MiFID Annex I Section A relating to any financial instrument, namely: reception and transmission of orders in relation to one or more financial instruments; execution of orders on behalf of clients; dealing on own account; portfolio management; investment advice; underwriting of financial instruments and/or placing of financial instruments on a firm commitment basis; placing of financial instruments without a firm commitment basis; operation of MTFs.
Industry:Banking
Bank acting as the leader of an issuing or lending syndicate, managing the transaction. It is normally responsible for contact with the borrower, for the structure, organization and text of the loan agreement and prospectus, plus the composition of the issuing syndicate and the selling group and, ultimately, for the placement itself.
Industry:Banking
Bank clients who meet the professional criteria set out in MiFID, including credit institutions, investment firms, pension funds and their management companies, and other institutional investors. Certain private clients may also qualify for professional status if they meet specific quantitative and qualitative criteria. Professional clients are considered to possess the experience, knowledge and expertise to make their own investment decisions and properly assess the risks they incur. They obtain an intermediate level of protection under MiFID and gain the benefit of conduct of business provisions relating to best execution and order handling.
Industry:Banking
Barrier option which only has a value on expiry when the underlying reaches a specified price level (barrier) during the term of the product.
Industry:Banking
Basket product based on a number of equities selected on the basis of an index or in accordance with particular criteria laid down by the issuing bank. See also basket certificate.
Industry:Banking
Borrowed funds raised within the banking system in contrast to funds placed with the bank by the public.
Industry:Banking
Certificates that represent the ownership of shares. They may relate to one or multiple shares or to a fraction thereof. GDRs are traded on the stock exchange in lieu of the original shares. See ADR.
Industry:Banking
Contract clause common in international trade. Denotes that the transport, insurance and loading costs incurred until the merchandise is loaded on board the ship are included in the price of the goods.
Industry:Banking
Credit line which may be drawn on in one or more currencies stipulated in the credit agreement.
Industry:Banking
Earnings per share of a company calculated by dividing the net profit by the number of outstanding shares and those shares which could potentially come into existence through the exercise of rights attached to convertible bonds or other securities conferring entitlement to purchase the company's shares.
Industry:Banking
