- 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.
Also: close an account. To calculate the balance of an account accrued up to the closing date, including interest and expenses.
Industry:Banking
The difference in price between acquiring shares through conversion of a convertible bond and buying the corresponding number of shares directly on the stock exchange. The conversion premium shows how many percentage points more expensive it would be to acquire shares by buying and subsequently converting convertible bonds.
Industry:Banking
(1) Due date, in particular for coupons of securities.
(2) Also: maturity date, expiration date. The date on which a debt (such as a bond) becomes payable or when an option expires. If the debtor fails to perform payment by that date, he is said to be in default.
Industry:Banking
Price performance by a stock or portfolio that exceeds that of a given benchmark. Opposite: underperformance.
Industry:Banking
Also: bear market speculator. Investor who speculates on a decline in prices. Bears sell securities, currencies, etc. forward in the hope of buying them back at a lower price before delivery. See also bear market. Opposite: bull.
Industry:Banking
Provision of funds by a company for capital investment in plant and equipment or for acquisition purposes out of self-generated sources (net profit and cash flow).
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
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
