Investment banking

Investment banking

Of or relating to the business of underwriting, or acting as the client's agent, in the issuance of securities in order to assist an individual, commercial enterprise, corporation or government instution ro raise capital.

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official discount rate

Banking; Investment banking

In Switzerland, the discount rate (also called bank rate) of the Swiss National Bank applies only for bills of exchange with a maturity of at least 180 days, drawn on a party in Switzerland and ...

relative return

Banking; Investment banking

The return of an asset over a period of time compared to a pre-defined benchmark. The relative return is the difference between the absolute return achieved by the asset and the return achieved by ...

tax value

Banking; Investment banking

The significant value of an asset for taxation purposes. The Federal Tax Authorities issue a special list of binding tax values for a large number of securities.

currency clause

Banking; Investment banking

A clause in a contract aimed at excluding the risk posed by the devaluation of a currency relating to a particular claim by fixing the applicable exchange rate between this currency and the foreign ...

Swiss Foundation for Accounting and Reporting Recommendations

Banking; Investment banking

Abbr.: ARR. Foundation whose remit is to standardize Swiss accounting principles. It is responsible for the Swiss Accounting and Reporting Recommendations.

settlement day; declaration day; reference day

Banking; Investment banking

(1) Financial statements: cut-off date. (2) Exchange trading: the day on which liabilities arising from forward transactions have to be settled. (3) Dividend distributions: the day on which ...

order book

Banking; Investment banking

Electronic memory device maintained by the Swiss Exchange. It contains all current buy and sell orders in price-time sequence for a specific security at a given moment.