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.

Industry: Banking

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registered lien

Banking; Investment banking

Lien on movable property without transfer of title to the pledgee. Instead the lien (pledge) is entered in a register, and the pledged item itself remains the property of the pledgor. Applied to the ...

asset swap

Banking; Investment banking

(1) General exchange of assets or payment obligations. (2) Also: asset-based swap. Interest rate swap in which the fixed rate payer holds a bond whose cash flow (interest rate, interest payment ...

market price

Banking; Investment banking

Also: market value. The price at which a security (share or bond, etc.) is traded on the stock exchange. The market price changes independently of the par value, if any, of the security in response ...

dividend yield

Banking; Investment banking

Also: stock yield. Ratio showing the yield on an equity investment calculated by dividing the dividend by the current share price and which enables a comparison to be made with other returns ...

free cash flow

Banking; Investment banking

Total liquid funds not required to finance operations or for capital expenditure on replacement. These free funds are available for distribution to shareholders, for new investment or for the ...

endorsee

Banking; Investment banking

Person to whom the title to and rights of an order instrument are transferred by virtue of an endorsement.

continuous trading

Banking; Investment banking

Also regular trading. The third session of stock market trading, during which new orders are continually matched to existing ones in the order book according to the matching rules, and orders that ...