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A bond is a transferable security that takes the form of a loan to the issuer - a company or a public body - and therefore represents a medium or long-term financial debt, and sometimes even a perpetual debt.

A share is a title deed issued by a limited company that gives the holder a share in its capital.

Investment funds collects capital from the public in order to invest it in assets in accordance with the investment strategy defined when the fund was set up and the legal framework imposed by its country of domicile.

An ETF is an exchange-traded fund that replicates the performance of an underlying asset, such as a bond, index, commodity or basket of assets (e.g. an index fund).

Structured products — which can be linked to a stock market index, a currency, an interest rate or a bundle of shares — can provide an optimal and very fast response to your investment requirements.

Precious metals are listed on commodities markets across the world. Precious metals such as gold (Au), silver (Ag), platinum (Pt) and palladium (Pd) can be bought and sold on the stock market.

Profit Units issued by Banque Raiffeisen are securities which do not form part of its share capital. While they are similar to equity securities due to the rights they confer (e.g. voting rights on certain subjects at shareholder meetings), they also have similar characteristics to debt securities.

The subordinated notes enables Banque Raiffeisen members and clients to benefit from an investment on favourable terms. The rights and claims of the holders of the notes against the issuer will rank junior to those of the depositors and other unsubordinated creditors of the issuer.