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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participation certificate

Banking; Investment banking

Abbr.: PC. A security (registered or bearer) incorporating the right to participate in the ownership (equity) of a corporation, with some legally prescribed rights but without other rights granted to ...

real asset

Banking; Investment banking

Also: non-fixed-income asset, tangible asset. Assets with a lasting value (e.g. real estate, precious metals, inventories of commodities or goods, shares). As a rule, an investment in real assets ...

forward transaction

Banking; Investment banking

Transaction (purchase or sale), whereby the contractual obligations (e.g. delivery of and payment for currency, goods or securities) are not performed immediately but instead at a later date and at a ...

exchange rate parity

Banking; Investment banking

The officially fixed ratio of the value of one currency against another, i.e. the equivalence between the market or declared values of two different currencies. Dollar parity, for example, is the ...

backtesting

Banking; Investment banking

Checking value-at-risk calculations and investment and hedge strategies against historic data. Backtesting enables the robustness of models to be tested under market conditions.

capped note

Banking; Investment banking

Also: capped FRN. Floating rate note with a maximum interest rate. See also cap.

equity

Banking; Investment banking

Also: capital base. (1) In a broader sense a synonym for equity capital. (2) Banking: Article 11 of the Implementing Ordinance for the Swiss Banking Law stipulates that equity consists of core ...