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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SWX

Banking; Investment banking

Abbreviation for SWX Swiss Exchange.

auction

Banking; Investment banking

Public sale in which goods or services are sold or bought in a bidding process.

gross yield

Banking; Investment banking

The income produced by investments (such as securities, real estate property, etc) before any deductions, charges or taxes. Opposite: net yield.

documentary credit

Banking; Investment banking

Also: letter of credit, import credit, export credit. The most common form of the commercial letter of credit, the documentary credit is an arrangement for the safe negotiation of a payment and ...

savings account for vested pension benefits

Banking; Investment banking

Preferential rate savings account for occupational pension assets. Principal and interest are tax-free until paid out; interest is exempt from withholding tax. Benefits paid out are subject to a ...

inhouse fund

Banking; Investment banking

Fund created by a closely restricted group of investors for the purpose of joint capital investment and managed according to the principle of risk diversification. Unlike investment funds, inhouse ...

easily realizable assets

Banking; Investment banking

Also: readily marketable assets. Assets for which a market exists at all times. Defined by Article 16 of Switzerland's Ordinance to the Banking Law as those assets of a bank which must be reported in ...