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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Virt-x

Banking; Investment banking

Pan-European blue chip exchange, set up by the London stock exchange «Tradepoint» and Swiss Exchange SWX and based in London. virt-x is the first pan-European blue chip platform, on which all ...

Hedging

Banking; Investment banking

Strategy used to protect a position or an entire portfolio against losses.

Cheque made out to cash

Banking; Investment banking

Cheque used by the drawer to withdraw cash from his account.

Conditional prepayment rate

Banking; Investment banking

Abbr.: CPR. Method of expressing the prepayment rate for a mortgage pool that assumes that a constant fraction of the remaining principal is prepaid each month or year.

Stamp duty on newly issued securities

Banking; Investment banking

Stamp duty levied by the Swiss government on issues of domestic equity securities and bonds.

Weighted average life

Banking; Investment banking

Abbr.: WAL. Maturity of each position in a mortgage pool or other debt instrument portfolio weighted by the value of the position to compute an average maturity for the pool.

Capital protection

Banking; Investment banking

Component of certain derivatives that protects the investor against a significant loss on the original investment. Takes the form of a minimum repayment guarantee.