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bonds issued by the UK treasury

Describes a largely risk-free asset. In some areas it is prescribed by law or bound by contract.

abbr. Global Investment Performance Pesentation Standards

see interbank deposit

Certificate representing a larger number of securities. Global certificates simplify administration and custody.

A bank certificate issued in more than one country for shares in a foreign company. The shares are held by a foreign branch of an international bank. The shares trade as domestic shares, but are offered for sale globally through the various bank branches. A GDR is very similar to an American Depositary Receipt.

International standards for the performance presentation in the investment industry to ensure a fair and complete representation of the motivation of portfolio managers.

abbr. gross national product . Unit of measure for the performance of national economic units during a period.

In the going concern perspective the continuation of a proper operative business activity (going concern) should be ensured. The bank can individually specify what is meant by proper operative business activity. Typically, a zero result or even using up an unneeded share of open equity capital is considered acceptable for going concern. The minimum regulatory capital requirement has to be regarded as a strict lower limit for the going concern.

another designation for open market rate

corresponds to the liquidation of the company / bank

(GFD) Validity constraint for an order, which is only valid for the current trading day

(GTC) Provides a temporal validity constraint. The order remains valid until it is canceled by the customer or automatically deleted from the system (the maximum period of validity is one year).

(GTD) Provides a temporal validity constraint. The order is valid up to a predefined date. (max. 90 days from the date of entry).

(GTE) Temporary validity determination for unrestricted limit orders: Valid to maturity.

Goodwill is an intangible asset of fixed assets. It is calculated as the difference between the value of the company and the value of the capitalizable individual goods. The goodwill mainly expresses factors such as reputation of the company, organization, customers, etc.

Term for bonds issued by the federal government, such as Government bonds, federal obligations and treasury bills.

The granularity of a bank portfolio describes the extent to which there remain significant single borrower concentrations.

According to the Basel Committee, a firm's supervisor must be satisfied that the regulatory retail portfolio is diversified to a sufficient degree to reduce the risks in the portfolio warranting the 75% risk weight.

Term for the highest increase in percentage value that is accounted by a fund within a certain period of time. The calculation is based on a period of 3 years.