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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Call price

Banking; Investment banking

Price at which a security can be redeemed when called.

Efficiency

Banking; Investment banking

A portfolio is called efficient when there is no portfolio with lower risk for a given portfolio return or when there is no portfolio with a higher return for a given portfolio risk level.

Crossed cheque

Banking; Investment banking

A cheque restricted in use by means of special endorsements. A general crossed cheque has two parallel diagonal lines across the face and may also be endorsed «& Co.» The bank on which a crossed ...

Inverse interest rate structure

Banking; Investment banking

Also: inverse yield curve. Situation in which interest rates and yields for longer durations are lower than for shorter duration Normally, the interest rate or yield increases as the investment ...

Macro

Banking; Investment banking

A hedge fund strategy that invests in currencies, exchange rates, commodities, gold, bonds and fixed-income securities and is based on fundamental analysis of the global macroeconomy. Macro hedge ...

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 ...