Agiotage (stock-jobbery; defraud)
Founders of a stock corporation issue shares and promise brilliant business deals. The shares are then subscribed for at a high premium. Now the founders sell the shares again and pocket the profit. It…
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Letter of credit (LoC)
A document by which a line of credit is opened with a third party, usually a bank, a letter of credit. – In the past, such a letter was usually given to traveling salesmen,…
Share analysis
The evaluation of shares with regard to various characteristics, such as, above all, yield and security. – Corresponding studies, usually accompanied by recommendations, must always be examined very carefully as to their origin, because…
Shareholder, passive (US. stockholder, hands-off shareholder)
Shareholder who is generally unconcerned with the company’s business and usually intends to hold the share for the long term (an investor who invests in the company but does not actively contribute to management.…
Payment on account (advance payment)
Pursuant to Section 632a of the German Civil Code (BGB), payment for a service rendered in accordance with the contract, as a result of which the recipient of the service receives an increase in…
Defense measure (opt out)
In the case of takeover bids, the possibility for the company concerned to prevent the success of a corresponding bid. Because the rights of shareholders, banks and other market participants are also affected in…
Partial payment (payment by instalment; clearing off)
Partial payment of an amount in installments. – The repayment of a debt by payment (the periodic payment of a fixed amount that includes interest and principal). – See loan, bullet, repayment. Attention: The…
Deducting credit
In the language of German supervisory law, loans to related persons and institutions that are to be taken into account when determining a bank’s equity capital in accordance with Section 10 of the German…
After-sales service (also referred to in German, less frequently as supplementary customer services)
In the case of banks, especially supplementary services after the sale of financial products, such as ongoing communication on the price development of an asset. – See Advance Letter. Attention: The financial encyclopedia is…
Agency and in A also agency (agency bank)
In the financial market, the representation of an institution abroad (a form of organization frequently used by foreign banks to enter a foreign market, especially in the USA. An agency bank generally may not…