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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High flyer

Banking; Investment banking

Expression used for shares showing extreme increases in their market price and mostly above-average price/earnings ratios.

Listing

Banking; Investment banking

Also: admission. Admission of a security (shares, bonds, etc) for official trading on a stock exchange or exchanges.

Central bank money supply

Banking; Investment banking

Also: monetary base. Sum of the notes and coins in circulation, plus the sight deposits held with the Swiss National Bank by the commercial banks. From 1980 to 1997 the central bank money supply ...

Blanket credit line

Banking; Investment banking

General credit available under an open-end lending agreement for a specified period. An example would be a credit line agreed between an import and an export country for granting long-term export or ...

Savings bank

Banking; Investment banking

Depository financial institution that mainly accepts interest-bearing savings deposits of varying amounts.

Debt rescheduling

Banking; Investment banking

Adjustment of the terms applying to the existing liabilities of an overindebted company or country; for example, a reduction of interest rates and an extension of the time required for payment. See ...

Assignment

Banking; Investment banking

The transfer of a claim by written contract between the creditor (assignor) and the party acquiring the claim (assignee). See also blanket assignment, endorsement, undisclosed assignment, assignment ...