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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contingent order

Banking; Investment banking

A stock exchange order that links two transactions so that one is contingent on the other and they can only be executed together. With a contingent order the proceeds of the sale of one security can ...

ring bank

Banking; Investment banking

Obsolete. A bank licensed to trade securities on a ring. See also stock exchange bank.

subfund

Banking; Investment banking

Part of an umbrella fund.

default interest

Banking; Investment banking

The rate of interest charged on an overdue debt, from the date of default to the date of eventual settlement.

financial statement

Banking; Investment banking

Also: accounts, annual accounts. The balance sheet and profit and loss account/income statement of a company prepared at the end of an accounting period.

banking centre

Banking; Investment banking

Place where banks are domiciled or are represented by business offices. In Switzerland only those localities are considered to be banking centres in which the Swiss National Bank maintains its own ...

composite index

Banking; Investment banking

A grouping of equities, indexes or other factors combined in a standardized way, providing a useful statistical measure of overall market or sector performance over time.