Antevo / Glossary
The words
behind the watch.
Plain-English definitions of the terms Antevo works with, each with a worked example, where you meet it in Antevo, and its sources.
Written by Antevo · 19 October 2026
Browse the terms01 / Trademark
The words that decide whether a name is yours to keep.
1.Opposition periodThe fixed window after a trade mark office publishes an application, or in some countries a registration, during which owners of…2.Nice classificationThe international system, set up under the 1957 Nice Agreement and administered by WIPO, that sorts goods and services into 45…3.Priority dateThe earlier filing date you can claim when you file the same mark in another country within six months of your first application.4.RenewalFiling the request and paying the fee that extend a registered mark for another term, ten years in the EU, UK, US and…5.Trademark watchOngoing monitoring of trade mark registers for new filings that come close to your mark, so you can act while an opposition…6.Clearance searchA search of trade mark registers, and often company names, domains and the market, for earlier rights that could block or…
02 / Wealth and risk
How a portfolio behaves, measured in the currency you live in.
1.Stress testA stress test estimates how a portfolio or balance sheet would fare under a specific set of severe market conditions, such as a…2.Base currencyThe base currency is the single currency in which a portfolio or household's holdings are valued and performance is reported.3.Historical vs hypothetical scenarioA historical scenario measures what today's holdings would return if a past period of market history repeated.4.Currency exposure (unhedged)Unhedged currency exposure is the part of a portfolio held in foreign-currency assets without a currency hedge.5.Concentration riskConcentration risk is the risk of amplified losses from holding a large share of wealth in one investment, asset class or market…6.DrawdownA drawdown is the fall in an investment's value from a previous peak to a subsequent low point, or trough, usually shown as a…7.DurationDuration measures how sensitive a bond's price is to changes in interest rates.8.Credit spreadA credit spread is the extra yield a bond pays over a comparable-maturity government or other benchmark bond, usually quoted in…9.Correlation breakdownCorrelation breakdown is when assets that usually move independently, or in opposite directions, start moving together, often…10.Total estate viewA total estate view brings everything a household owns into one consolidated picture, including financial portfolios, property…
03 / Intelligence
How Antevo turns developments into a record you can check.
1.Risk radarA risk radar is a standing list of named risks, each described by its likely impact, how likely it is in graded words, its…2.Executive BriefAn executive brief is a daily written briefing for decision-makers on what changed and why it matters.3.Source-linked findingA source-linked finding is a conclusion published together with links to the dated sources behind it, so a reader can check what…4.MCP connectorAn MCP connector links an AI assistant to an outside service through the Model Context Protocol (MCP), an open-source standard…
04 / Company and register
What the registers record, from a company's first entry to its last.
The Swiss company and register terms behind the Moments: founding, renaming, closing, succession and the family office. Each is defined from its primary source and points to the question where it matters.
1.Commercial register entryAn entry in the commercial register, the public register of companies, sole proprietorships, associations, foundations and other…2.Business name vs trademarkA business name (Firma) is the name a company is entered under in the commercial register; a trademark (Marke) is a sign…3.SHAB (Swiss Official Gazette of Commerce)The Swiss Official Gazette of Commerce: SHAB in German, FOSC in French, FUSC in Italian.4.UID (business identification number)The business identification number every entity in the commercial register carries: CHE and nine digits, written for example…5.LiquidationThe winding-up of a company after it has been dissolved.6.Deletion from the commercial registerThe entry that ends a company's record in the commercial register.7.Transfer of a trademark (assignment)Moving a registered trademark to a new holder, with the business or on its own, for all or some of the goods and services it…8.Earlier rightA right that already exists when a new mark is filed and can be raised against it.9.Single vs multi family officeA single family office serves one family, a multi family office several, but Swiss law uses neither term.10.FINMA authorisation for portfolio managersThe authorisation a portfolio manager needs from FINMA before it manages assets for others on a commercial basis, and before it…