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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.

Contributors in Investment banking

Investment banking

put and call option

Banking; Investment banking

Option transaction where the buyer of securities obtains the right, in exchange for a premium specified in advance, to demand delivery of the securities at a higher price agreed upon when the ...

security numbering system

Banking; Investment banking

Complete list of security code numbers. In Switzerland, maintained and updated by Telekurs AG.

twin shares

Banking; Investment banking

Shares of two legally independent companies, whose shareholders must be identical and which were joined together as the result of a merger and are inseparably linked.

TARGET

Banking; Investment banking

Trans-European automated realtime gross settlement express transfer system. Inter-EMU payment system consisting of a network of realtime clearing systems (one per member country). TARGET is ...

Euronext

Banking; Investment banking

Euronext came into existence in September 2000 as a result of the merger of the spot and forward exchanges of the financial centres Amsterdam, Brussels and Paris. Since then it has grown further due ...

Swiss Exchange

Banking; Investment banking

Official name: SWX Swiss Exchange.

Swiss National Bank

Banking; Investment banking

Abbr.: SNB. Switzerland's central bank. Its three tasks as set down in the law are to ensure the supply and distribution of cash, to facilitate payment systems and to pursue credit and currency ...

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