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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.
Industry: Banking
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hot issue
Banking; Investment banking
Newly issued securities strongly oversubscribed in the primary market and often traded at higher-than-issue prices in the secondary market.
open architecture framework
Banking; Investment banking
Framework that allows the products of many issuers, including third-party issuers, to be used in a portfolio.
relative value
Banking; Investment banking
Fund managers employing relative value strategies try to exploit pricing differentials through the simultaneous purchase and sale of similar securities. Most managers attempt to neutralise long and ...
maximum drawdown
Banking; Investment banking
Highest loss suffered by an investment during the investment period from a (local) peak to the next (local) trough.
gilt-edged bonds
Banking; Investment banking
Highly rated bonds whose issuers have long-standing reputations for paying interest on time.
interchangeable items
Banking; Investment banking
In general, any good, product or instrument in which every unit is so similar to or identical with every other unit that they can be exchanged for one another without legal consequences, e.g. bearer ...
post-trade transparency
Banking; Investment banking
The MiFID requirement for investment firms that conclude transactions in shares (either on their own behalf or on behalf of clients) outside of a regulated market or MTF to make public information ...
