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

Add a new term

Contributors in Investment banking

Become a Contributors

Investment banking

Bull

Banking; Investment banking

Bull is the opposite of bear. See also bull market.

Group balance sheet

Banking; Investment banking

Consolidated balance sheet of a group of companies, showing combined results with the exception of inter-company participations, supplies, receivables and debts, shipments and services (i.e. ...

Nostro account

Banking; Investment banking

The account maintained by a domestic bank with a foreign bank in foreign currency. Opposite: vostro account.

Quanto

Banking; Investment banking

Option with a fixed exchange rate between two currencies at the beginning of the maturity. When the option is exercised, the premium is paid out in the foreign currency. Quantos exist solely as a ...

Special drawing right

Banking; Investment banking

Abbr.: SDR. Payment medium and reserve assets issued by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to its member nations. An SDR does not have the character of an actual currency unit but is primarily a ...

Month-end borrowing

Banking; Investment banking

Borrowing in order to bridge temporary liquidity shortages at month-end. This kind of financing furnished by the Swiss National Bank to commercial banks helps to avoid extreme interest-rate ...