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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silent confirmation

Banking; Investment banking

Expression used in connection with letters of credit. A notifying bank appends its confirmation to a transaction without being instructed to do so by the opening bank.

foreign currency clause

Banking; Investment banking

A clause aimed at removing the risk (with regard to a particular claim) of a devaluation of one's own currency, by designating a fixed ratio or exchange rate between this currency and the foreign ...

Fannie Mae

Banking; Investment banking

Short name for the Federal Mortgage Association, a mortgage institution whose main business is in the securitization of existing loans for the purchase of real estate. According to the US Treasury it ...

Stockmaster

Banking; Investment banking

Device which can be used to call up information on securities (prices, dividends, earnings per share, etc.) from a central electronic system.

à la criée

Banking; Investment banking

Open outcry trading. French expression for a system of stock market trading where the stock exchange clerks read out the securities in the order they appear on the official quotation list while the ...

AAA

Banking; Investment banking

Highest debt grade in the rating system used by Standard & Poor's for securities in the international financial markets.

ADR

Banking; Investment banking

American Depositary Receipt. Negotiable registered certificate issued on the US market and evidencing title to non-US equity paper. ADRs are registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission ...