Financial Terms Dictionary


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Name Description Source
APAs Approved Publication Arrangements ESMA
ARMs Approved Reporting Mechanisms ESMA
CA Contract Agent ESMA
CCP Central Counterparty ESMA
CEAOB Committee of the European Audit Oversight Bodies ESMA
CMU Capital Markets Union ESMA
COSO Committee of Sponsoring Organisations of the Treadway Commission ESMA
CRA Credit Rating Agency ESMA
CSD Central Securities Depository ESMA
DG Directorate General ESMA
DQAP Data Quality Action Plan ESMA
DRSP Data Reporting Service Providers ESMA
DVC Double Volume Cap ESMA
EBA European Banking Authority ESMA
ECAI External Credit Assessment Institution ESMA
ECB European Central Bank ESMA
ECON Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs ECON
EEA European Economic Area ESMA
EFRAG European Financial Reporting Advisory Group ESMA
EFTA European Free Trade Association ESMA
EIOPA European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority ESMA
ELTIF European Long-term Investment Funds ESMA
EPSO European Personnel Selection Office ESMA
ESA European Supervisory Authority ESMA
ESFS European System of Financial Supervision ESMA
ESG Environmental, Social and Governance ESMA
ESMA European Securities and Markets Authority ESMA
ESRB European Systemic Risk Board ESMA
EU European Union ESMA
EURIBOR Euro Interbank Offered Rate ESMA
EuSEF European Social Entrepreneurship Funds ESMA
EuVECA European Venture Capital Funds ESMA
FIRDS Financial Instruments Reference Data System ESMA
FSB Financial Stability Board ESMA
FTE Full Time Equivalent ESMA
IASB International Accounting Standards Board ESMA
IFRS International Financial Reporting Standards ESMA
IIO Independent Investigation Officer ESMA
IOSCO International Organization of Securities Commissions ESMA
ISA International Standards on Auditing ESMA
IT Information Technology ESMA
ITS Implementing Technical Standards ESMA
JC Joint Committee ESMA
LEI Legal Entity Identifier ESMA
MB Management Board ESMA
MiCA Markets in Crypto Assets ESMA
MMF Money Market Funds ESMA
MoU Memorandum of Understanding ESMA
NCA National Competent Authority ESMA
OLAF European Anti-Fraud Office ESMA
OTC Over-The-Counter ESMA
OTFs Organised Trading Facilities ESMA
PRIIPs Regulations on Packaged Retail and Insurance-based Investment Products ESMA
RTS Regulatory Technical Standard ESMA
SMSG Securities and Markets Stakeholder Group ESMA
SNE Seconded National Expert ESMA
SR Securitisation Regulation ESMA
STS Simple, Transparent and Standardised ESMA
TA Temporary Agent ESMA
TC-CCP Third-Country (non-European) Central Counterparty ESMA
TR Trade Repository ESMA
TRACE ESMA's Trade Repository Data Reporting Tool ESMA
TRVs Trends, Risks and Vulnerabilities ESMA
TS Technical Standard ESMA
UCITS Undertakings for Collective Investment in Transferrable Securities ESMA
WG Working Group ESMA
AIFMD Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directives ESMA
BMR Benchmarks Regulation ESMA
CRAR Credit Rating Agencies Regulation ESMA
CSDR Central Securities Depositories Regulation ESMA
CSRD Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive ESMA
DORA Digital Operational Resilience Act ESMA
ECSPR European Crowdfunding Service Providers Regulation ESMA
EMIR European Market Infrastructure Regulation ESMA
ESAP European Single Access Point ESMA
ESEF European Single Electronic Format ESMA
MAR Market Abuse Regulation ESMA
MiFID Markets in Financial Instruments Directive ESMA
MiFIR Markets in Financial Instruments Regulation ESMA
MMFR Money Market Funds Regulation ESMA
SFDR Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation ESMA
SFTR Securities Financing Transactions Regulation ESMA
SSR Short Selling Regulation ESMA
Actuary It means a fellow of an actuarial body or (in connection with general insurance business) a fellow of the casualty actuarial society who is a member of an actuarial body. PRA
Actuarial Valuation Date It means the date as which the mathematical reserves are calculated. Mathematical reserves, here, means the provision made by an insurer to cover liabilities (excluding liabilities which have fallen due and liabilities arising from deposit back arrangements) arising under or in connection with contracts of long-term insurance. PRA