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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growth stock

Banking; Investment banking

Shares of a corporation which have scored faster-than-average earnings gains and are expected to show high levels of profit growth. As a consequence, they justify a higher P/E ratio but also ...

Banking; Investment banking

Also: stock, equity. A form of security representing a portion of the nominal capital of a company and giving the owner the right to vote at General Meetings and to elect directors as well as the ...

underlying asset

Banking; Investment banking

Also: underlying. Instrument on which an option or futures contract is based. The main underlying assets are currencies, bonds, equities and equity indices as well as precious metals. See also ...

medium-term note

Banking; Investment banking

(1) Also: cash bond, medium-term bank bond. In Switzerland: bond issued by a bank with a term of two to eight years. (2) Abbr.: MTN. Medium-dated bond issued by a prime borrower as part of a ...

bank guaranty

Banking; Investment banking

Legally binding document signed by the bank of a client guaranteeing payment of a sum up to a given amount to a specified third party if the client fails to meet his payment obligations. The bank ...

cash or title option

Banking; Investment banking

Abbr.: COTO. Option where the shareholder of a company has the right to purchase new shares, sell the COTO on the stock exchange or receive payment of the cash equivalent by the issuer.

promissory note

Banking; Investment banking

Written unconditional promise to pay, issued and signed by the debtor himself. The latter undertakes to pay on demand at a fixed or determinable future date a certain sum of money to the order of a ...