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Glossary and abbreviations
The stock exchange A –Z is our online glossary which explains important terms from the world of exchange trading. Please find a list of common abbreviations in the regulatory context below.
Abbreviations
| ACER | Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulations |
| AIFMD | Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive |
| ASIC | Australian Securities and Investments Commission |
| AMF | Autorité des Marchés Financiers |
| APA | Approved Publication Arrangement |
| ARM | Approved Reporting Mechanism |
| Bafin | Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht (Federal Financial Supervisory Authority) |
| BBA | British Banker’s Association |
| BCBS | Basel Committee on Banking Supervision |
| BI | Benchmark Indizes |
| BIC | Bank Identifier Code |
| BIS | Bank for International Settlements |
| CC | Central Custodian |
| CCP | Central Counterparty Clearing |
| CDR | Central Data Repository |
| CDS | Credit Default Swap |
| CER | Certified Emissions Reduction |
| CNMV | Comisión Nacional del Mercado de Valores |
| CONSOB | Commissione Nazionale per le Società e la Borsa |
| CPSS | Committee on Payment and Settlement Systems |
| CRR/CRD | Capital Requirements Regulation and Directive |
| CSD | Central Securities Depository |
| CSDR | Central Securities Depository Regulation |
| CSSF | Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier |
| Dodd Frank | Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act |
| DvP | Delivery versus Payment |
| EBA | European Banking Authority |
| ECB | European Central Bank |
| EMIR | European Market Infrastructure Regulation |
| ETC | Exchange-Traded Commodity |
| ETD | Exchange Traded Derivatives |
| ETF | Exchange-Traded Fund |
| ETN | Exchange-Traded NOTE |
| ETP | Exchange-Traded Product |
| ESAs | European Supervisory Authorities |
| ESMA | European Securities and Markets Authority |
| EU | European Union |
| Euribor | European interbank offered rate |
| FCA | Financial Conduct Authority |
| FED | Federal Reserve |
| FIA | Futures Industry Association |
| FIN-FSA | Finanssivalvonta / Financial Supervisory Authority |
| FinFraG | Finanzmarktinfrastrukturgesetz (Financial Markets Infrastructure Act) |
| FMI | Financial Market Infrastructure |
| FMIA | Switzerland’s new Financial Market Infrastructure Act |
| FoP | Free of Payment |
| FSA | Financial Services Authority |
| FSB | Financial Stability Board |
| FX | Foreign Exchange |
| HKMA | Hong Kong Monetary Authority |
| GCM | General Clearing Member |
| GTR | Global Trade Repository |
| GUI | Graphical User Interface |
| G20 | Group of 20 major economies in the world |
| IANA | Internet Assigned Numbers Authority |
| ICANN | Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers |
| ICSD | International Central Securities Depository |
| IFRS | International Financial Reporting Standards |
| IMF | International Monetary Fund |
| IOSCO | International Organization of Securities Commissions |
| IPO | Initial Public Offering |
| ISDA | International Swaps and Derivatives Association |
| LEI | Legal Entity Identifier |
| LIBOR | London Interbank Offered Rate |
| MAD/MAR | Market Abuse Directive/Regulation |
| MAS | Monetary Authority of Singapore |
| MiFID | Markets in Financial Instruments Directive |
| MM | Market Maker |
| MTF | Multilateral Trading Facility |
| NCA | National Competent Authority |
| NCB | National Central Bank |
| OAM | Officially Appointed National Mechanism |
| OTC | Over-the-Counter |
| OTF | Organized Trading Facility |
| PM | Primary Market |
| RA | Rating Agency |
| REMIT | Regulation on wholesale Energy Market Integrity and Transparency |
| RM | Regulated Market |
| RRM | Registered Reporting Mechanism |
| RRP | Recovery & Resolution Plans |
| RTS/IST | Regulatory Technical Standards/ Implementing Technical Standards |
| SEC | Securities and Exchange Commission |
| SFTR | Securities Financing Transactions Regulation |
| SM | Secondary Market |
| SME | Small and Medium-sized Enterprise |
| SP | Seed-Phase |
| STP | Straight Through Processing |
| SWIFT | Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication |
| TR | Trade Repository |
| TREM | Transaction Reporting Exchange Mechanism |
| T2S | TARGET2-Securities |
| UCITS | Undertakings for Collective Investment in Transferable Securities (Directive) |
| USP | Unique Selling Proposition |
| VC | Venture Capital |