Alphabetical - A

Abandon Option	An option holder chooses not to exercise their option
Absolute Risk	The volatility of total returns
Acceptance	Short-term debt instruments, drawn on a bank for future payment
Acceptance House	Guarantees payment of trade bills used to finance trade deals and goods in shipment
Accepting	Signing a Bill of Exchange signifying an agreement to pay. Subsequent or alternative signature by a bank virtually guarantees payment.
Account	??
Accreted Value	??
Accreting Swap	A swap in which the principal increases in each time period.
Accrual Swap	An interest rate swap where interest on one side accrues only when a certain condition is met.
Accrued Interest	Interest that has been earned but not yet paid
Actuary	A statistician who calculates risk
Administrator	An Administrator is responsible for ensuring the efficient day-to-day operation of a fund including the accounting.
Alpha	A measure of performance on a risk adjusted basis.
Alternative Investment Market	A market dedicated to smaller companies.
Alternative Minimum Tax	??
American Depository Receipt	The form in which foreign shares can be traded in the US without a formal listing.
American Option	An option that can be exercises at any time during its life.
Amortisation	Repayment of the principal on a loan or bond installments over a period of time.
Amortising	??
Amortising Swap	A swap where the notional principal decreases in a predetermined way as time passes.
Annual Percentage Rate	Used to describe the true cost of the money borrowed on mortgages, loans and credit cards.
Annual Yield	??
Annuity	Something that pays regular cash flows at fixed periods over a given period of time.
APACS	Controlling cheque clearing, BACS and CHAPS in the UK
Arbitrage	Taking advantage of an anomaly in prices or rates in different markets.
Arbitrageur	A person who engages in arbitrage opportunities.
Article 65	Article for the Japanese Financial Code - prevents commercial banks from engaging in some investment banking
Asian Option	An option with a payoff dependent on the average price of an underlying asset during a specified period.
Ask Price	The price that a dealer is offering to sell a security.
Ask Rate	Offer Rate
Asset Backed Securities	??
Asset Pricing	??
Asset-Or-Nothing Call Option	An option that provides a payoff equal to the asset price if the asset price is above the strike price and zero otherwise.
Asset-Or-Nothing Put Option	An option that provides a payoff equal to the asset price if the asset price is below the strike price and zero otherwise.
Assets	The side of the balance sheet dealing with lending
Assurance	The business of life insurance and pensions
As-You-Like-It Option	Chooser Option
At-Best Order	An order to a broker to buy and or sell a contract at the best price available.
At-The-Money Option	An option in which the strike price equals the price of the underlying asset.
Auction Market Preferred Stock	??
Audit	Inspection of a companys books by independent accountants
Automated Clearing House	??
Automated Pit Trading	A computerised trading system used at the LIFFE in addition to open cry
Automatic Exercise	When the clearing house automatically exercises in-the-money options at expiry.
Average-Price Call Option	An option giving a payoff equal to the greater of zero and the amount by which the average price of the asset exceeds the strike price.
Average-Price Put Option	An option giving a payoff equal to the greater of zero and the amount by which the strike price axceeds the average price of the asset.
Average-Strike Option	An option that provides a payoff dependent on the difference between the final asset price and the average asset price.

Abandon Option An option holder chooses not to exercise their option
Absolute Risk The volatility of total returns
Acceptance Short-term debt instruments, drawn on a bank for future payment
Acceptance House Guarantees payment of trade bills used to finance trade deals and goods in shipment
Accepting Signing a Bill of Exchange signifying an agreement to pay. Subsequent or alternative signature by a bank virtually guarantees payment.
Account ??
Accreted Value ??
Accreting Swap A swap in which the principal increases in each time period.
Accrual Swap An interest rate swap where interest on one side accrues only when a certain condition is met.
Accrued Interest Interest that has been earned but not yet paid
Actuary A statistician who calculates risk
Administrator An Administrator is responsible for ensuring the efficient day-to-day operation of a fund including the accounting.
Alpha A measure of performance on a risk adjusted basis.
Alternative Investment Market A market dedicated to smaller companies.
Alternative Minimum Tax ??
American Depository Receipt The form in which foreign shares can be traded in the US without a formal listing.
American Option An option that can be exercises at any time during its life.
Amortisation Repayment of the principal on a loan or bond installments over a period of time.
Amortising ??
Amortising Swap A swap where the notional principal decreases in a predetermined way as time passes.
Annual Percentage Rate Used to describe the true cost of the money borrowed on mortgages, loans and credit cards.
Annual Yield ??
Annuity Something that pays regular cash flows at fixed periods over a given period of time.
APACS Controlling cheque clearing, BACS and CHAPS in the UK
Arbitrage Taking advantage of an anomaly in prices or rates in different markets.
Arbitrageur A person who engages in arbitrage opportunities.
Article 65 Article for the Japanese Financial Code - prevents commercial banks from engaging in some investment banking
Asian Option An option with a payoff dependent on the average price of an underlying asset during a specified period.
Ask Price The price that a dealer is offering to sell a security.
Ask Rate Offer Rate
Asset Backed Securities ??
Asset Pricing ??
Asset-Or-Nothing Call Option An option that provides a payoff equal to the asset price if the asset price is above the strike price and zero otherwise.
Asset-Or-Nothing Put Option An option that provides a payoff equal to the asset price if the asset price is below the strike price and zero otherwise.
Assets The side of the balance sheet dealing with lending
Assurance The business of life insurance and pensions
As-You-Like-It Option Chooser Option
At-Best Order An order to a broker to buy and or sell a contract at the best price available.
At-The-Money Option An option in which the strike price equals the price of the underlying asset.
Auction Market Preferred Stock ??
Audit Inspection of a companys books by independent accountants
Automated Clearing House ??
Automated Pit Trading A computerised trading system used at the LIFFE in addition to open cry
Automatic Exercise When the clearing house automatically exercises in-the-money options at expiry.
Average-Price Call Option An option giving a payoff equal to the greater of zero and the amount by which the average price of the asset exceeds the strike price.
Average-Price Put Option An option giving a payoff equal to the greater of zero and the amount by which the strike price axceeds the average price of the asset.
Average-Strike Option An option that provides a payoff dependent on the difference between the final asset price and the average asset price.