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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.

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Back-to-back documentary credit

Banking; Investment banking

Also: counter credit, back-to-back credit. Documentary credit which is granted to another beneficiary on the basis of an existing, non-transferrable documentary credit (prime/master/original letter ...

Carriage and insurance paid

Banking; Investment banking

Abbr.: CIP. Clause used in the forwarding business meaning that the seller delivers the goods to the carrier nominated by him, but the seller must in addition pay the cost of carriage necessary to ...

Equity financing

Banking; Investment banking

Funds raised by a company for capital investment in plant and equipment or for acquisition purposes, via the issue of shares and participation certificates or, in the case of a cooperative, the issue ...

Investment banking

Banking; Investment banking

Area of banking which is primarily concerned with the securities business and corporate finance.

Macroeconomics

Banking; Investment banking

The field of economics that studies the behaviour of the economy as a whole. Macroeconomics examines economy-wide phenomena such as changes in unemployment, national income, gross domestic product ...

Outperformance

Banking; Investment banking

Price performance by a stock or portfolio that exceeds that of a given benchmark. Opposite: underperformance.

Electronic bank

Banking; Investment banking

Bank offering electronic self-service facilities which customers can avail themselves of regardless of bank opening hours.

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