les avoirs en dépôt

20:45 May 16, 2017 

You're missing the point. Two things:

1. You're assuming that the "avoirs" in question consist only of cash. I find that fairly unlikely, since if they were cash, they would probably be referred to as "fonds" rather than "avoirs".

2. Even if the assets do consist of cash "assets on deposit" would still be an appropriate term.

"Demand deposits" is not an appropriate term, because it only works if (i) the assets consist purely of cash (which we don't know), and (ii) even then only if they are deposited in a "compte à vue", which again we don't know.

19:35 May 16, 2017 

@ Rob

You and Nikki mistake the '"Opérations sur titres' for the 'avoirs en depot'. As explained in the attachment below, the bank takes care of the financial assets on deposit. But all the asset transactions result in entries in a 'compte courant'. It is the value of that banking account that is an 'avoir en depot'.

In economics, the banking accounts for current operations are called demand deposit

https://www.bcge.ch/depot-titres

16:12 May 16, 2017 

The said bank has customers who buy and sell decurities using their banking accounts. Hence the statement:'L’équipe est chargée d’assurer le suivi et le traitement de toutes les opérations sur titres pouvant affecter les avoirs en dépôt chez [bank name]

15:43 May 16, 2017 

You're right.

15:39 May 16, 2017 

"Opérations sur titres" means either corporate actions or securities transactions more generally. So yes, by implication at least some of the assets referred to are securities held in custody. "Assets on deposit" still works here.

15:38 May 16, 2017 

The fact that it mentions "opérations sur titres" may mean that it refers to custody business. Or maybe it just means '"deposits".