ABI: Associazione Bancaria Italiana (Italian Banking Association) BaFin: ABundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht (German Federal Agency for Financial Services Supervision) BA-CA: Bank Austria [..]

Financing for company acquisition transactions. The most widespread form of acquisition finance is the leveraged buy-out (see Leveraged Finance).

A financial security backed by a loan, lease or receivables against assets other than real estate and mortgage-backed securities. For investors, asset-backed securities are an alternative to investing [..]

is the capital required to cover business risks. It is the higher between the regulatory capital (which is obtained by multiplying risk-weighted assets by the target core tier 1 ratio) and the interna [..]

High-income clients.

Mortgages whose borrowers, while not subject to the significant repayment problems of those described as subprime, have high loan-to-value and installment-to-income ratios or incompletely documented i [..]

Co-ordinator (co-ordination) of the organisational aspects of a complex financing transaction (e.g. acquisition finance or corporate finance).

The distribution of investments across categories of assets, such as equities, bonds and cash or across sectors in a single asset class. Asset allocation affects both risk and return and is a central [..]

The management of assets on behalf of customers such as business, banks, insurance companies, pension funds and private individuals. Asset management includes the management of funds and other portfol [..]

Total customer funds, including deposits, assets under management and securities under custody.