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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average term

Banking; Investment banking

Maturity of a bond based on the average of the earliest and the latest possible redemption date.

performance bond

Banking; Investment banking

Bond, usually issued by a bank, guaranteeing specific monetary payment to a beneficiary if the purchaser or maker fails to perform or acts in violation of a contract. In the United States, a ...

collective custody

Banking; Investment banking

The safekeeping of fungible securities by category in a bank or a central depository. A record is kept of how many securities belong to the individual banks or customers, but no numbers are ...

tier 1

Banking; Investment banking

A bank's core capital, comprising its share capital, open reserves and profit brought forward. The core capital is part of the bank's equity and must comprise at least 50% of the said. See also tier ...

commodity futures contract

Banking; Investment banking

Contractual agreement to sell or purchase a standardized amount of a specific physical commodity (e.g. grain, metal, oil) at a predetermined price and at a set date in the future.

premium

Banking; Investment banking

(1) In stock exchange trading, the difference between the par value and the higher market value of a security expressed as a percentage of the par value. Similarly in forex trading, the difference ...

averaging

Banking; Investment banking

Also: cost averaging. Strategy of investing fixed amounts in regular purchases of certain securities (equities, investment fund certificates), thereby achieving a lower average purchase price. ...