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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standard deviation

Banking; Investment banking

Square root of variance.

ounce

Banking; Investment banking

Also: troy ounce. Unit of weight corresponding to approximately 31.1035 grams. In international precious metals trading, prices are quoted in USD per troy ounce.

appurtenance lien

Banking; Investment banking

A lien on real property which encumbers the land and all movables on it needed to fulfil the purpose of that property. To avoid subsequent disputes, the pledgor must as a rule submit a list of ...

arbitrage

Banking; Investment banking

The practice of exploiting local and international price differences for identical assets (e.g. securities, currencies, banknotes) by buying said assets in the market with the lowest prices and ...

collateral loan

Banking; Investment banking

Loan secured by pledging securities and precious metals in order to finance stock market transactions. See also lombard loan.

disintermediation

Banking; Investment banking

Trend away from bank to market financing or - seen from the banks' perspective - away from balance-sheet to off-balance-sheet operations. Banks are acting less as independent deposit-takers and ...

forfaiting

Banking; Investment banking

A method of purchasing medium term claims whereby the purchaser waives any entitlement to enforce the claim against its original owner. Forfaiting is normally used as a method of export financing, ...