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Barclays Glossary of Financial Terminologies

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English Written or Sold Options Absolute return portfolios Accident & life insurance Account Accrued interest Accrued Rights Acquaint Acquisition Act of insolvency Active Strategies Administration & custody fee Advisory Services Affiliates Agency annex Agency Securities Agency transaction Agreement Airfare Allowance Allocation Allocation fee Allowance Allowances All-Stock Deal Alternative Assets Alternative Investments Amendments Amortize Analysis Annual Leave Annualised return Annuity Anti Money Laundering Appeals Applicable close-out rate Applicable deferral rate Application Form and Additional Terms Application Process Appropriate market Approved Bank Arbitrage Arrangement Arrangement fees Assessment Asset Allocation Asset Allocation Strategies Asset Backed Securities Asset finance Asset Management Asset Manager Assets Assets Under Management Authorisation of BSA Authorised Persons Regulations Authority Back office Background Checks and Screening Bad Banks Bailout Balance Balance Sheet Bank Capital Banking Disputes Settlement Committee

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Barclays Glossary of Financial Terminologies

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Bankrupt Barclays Bank Barclays Bank PLC Barclays Group BARCLAYS SAUDI ARABIA Barclays Wealth Base currency Base currency equivalent Basis swap Bearer Stocks Bearish (Bear) Benchmark Beneficiary Beta (US) Bid-offer spreads Blue Chips Bond Markets Bond option Bonds Bonus Bonus scheme Book value Bought Options or Warrants Breach Broker Broker Dealer Brokerage Budget Bullish (Bull) Buy/sell-back transaction Buyer By-laws Calculation agent Call Option Call Money Rate Cap transaction Capital Capital Gain/Loss Capital Market Authority (CMA) Capital Markets Capitalisation Capital-protected products Cash Dividends Cash Flow Cash Management Cash Margin Certificate of Deposit (CD) Certificates Certified Securities Chapter 11 Charting Cheque Chief Executive Churning Class A participating shares

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() Class I participating shares Clearing House Clearing House Protections Clearstream Client Client Agreement Purposes Client Complaints Client Money
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Client Money Rules Closeout Close-out amount Co-Investing Collateral Collateral interest accruals Collateral Pledge Collateralized Debt Obligations Collected investment vehicles Commencement Commercial Property Commission Commodities Commodities Linked Products Commodities Trading Commodity Option Commodity swap Company Property Compensation Competent Court Compliance Policy Compliance with Policies Compounding Confidential Information Confidentiality Confirm Conflict of Interest Policy Consumer Protection Contingent Liability Transaction Contracts for difference Contracts for Difference Contractual currency Convertible Bond Core Inflation Corporate governance Corporate Issuers Counterclaim Countermand Counterparty Counterparty Credit Credit Cards Credit Crisis Credit Crunch Credit default option Credit default swaps Credit protection transaction Credit Rating Credit Risk Credit Shortage Credit spread transaction credit Support Credit support amount Credit support balance Credit Swap Creditor Cross-currency rate swap transaction Cross-hedging Crude Oil Currencies Currencies Strategies Currency Management Currency option Currency swap transaction Custodian Custody Services Customer Relationship Management
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Barclays Glossary of Financial Terminologies

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Customs Cyclical Cyclical Sectors Daily Accrual Data Protection Day Trading DBV (delivery-by value) transaction Debenture Debit Card Debt Instruments Debt Securities Debt to Equity Ratio Deduct Deductions Default market value Defaulters Defaulting Party Defaults Deferred Accrual Deflation Deliverable securities Delivery amount Deposit Depression Derivative Contracts Derivative Instruments Derivatives Derivatives Sales Derivatives Transaction Devaluations DFM DFSA DGCX DIFC Diligence Discharge Disciplinary Policy Disciplinary Records Disclosure Discretion Discretionary Bonus Discretionary Investment Management Service Dismissal Disposable Income Dispose Disputing party Distributions Distribution date Diversification Dividend DME Domestic Markets Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) Due diligence Duplication Earnings eBanking EBITDA Economic Data Economic Intelligence Unit (EIU) Economic Revival Economy of scale

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Effective date Eligibility Eligible currency Emerging Economies Emerging Markets Emerging Markets Traders Association Employee Handbook Employees Contractual Rights Encumbrance Entitlements Entity Entrepreneur EPS (earnings per share) Equilibrium Equitable Duty Equity Equity Capital Markets Equity Funds Equity Gains Equity index option Equity index swap Equity Market Equity option Equity Resource Equity Sales Equity Securities Equity swap Equity Valuations Equivalent credit support Equivalent distributions Equivalent margin securities Equivalent securities ETFs Euroclear Exchange Listing Exchange rate Exchange Traded Certificates Exchange Traded Funds Exchange Traded Products Exchanges Expenses Expiry Exposure Face Value Fannie Mae Federal Reserve Fees and Charges Fiduciary Fiduciary deposits Fiduciary Services Financial and Regulatory Frameworks Financial Crisis Financial guarantee Financial Market Depth Financial Market Longevity Financial Meltdown Financial Planner Financial Products Financial Service Provider Fiscal Fiscal Balance Fiscal Prudence Fiscal Relation Fiscal Relaxation Fiscal Stimulus Packages Fixed Amount
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Barclays Glossary of Financial Terminologies

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Fixed Income Funds Fixed Rate Fixed rate payer Fixed-income Floating Amount Floating Option Floating Rate Floating rate option Floating rate payer Floating rate payer payment date Floor transaction Fluctuate Foreign Debt Foreign Exchange Foreign Exchange Committee Foreign exchange transaction Foreign Investment FOREX Forward rate transaction Foundations Franchise Fraud Frozen Assets Fully capital-protected products Fund Manager Fund of funds Funded conversions Funds Futures or Forwards FX forward contracts FX Transaction Garden Leave Gearing General Organisation for Social Insurance (GOSI) of Saudi Arabia General Terms of Business Genuine Gilts Global Asset Allocation Global Economic Environment Global Economy Global Financial Markets Global Index Graduate Scheme Grant of Representation Gratuity Grievance Procedure Gross Gross Basic Salary Gross Domestic Product (GDP) Gross Misconduct Gross Negligence Gross Net Product (GNP) Group Life Benefit Group Personal Accident Insurance Group Personal Accident Policy Guided Portfolio Harassment Health and Safety Policy Hedge Hedge Funds Hedging costs Hedging Strategies Heterodox High Net Worth Individuals
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High-Yield High-Yield Bond Hiwalah (remittance) Hold Holding Company Holiday Entitlement Home Destination Housing Allowance HR Department Hypothecation ID Pass Ijara (leasing) Illiquid Impairment Impartial lottery In good faith Income Income Statement Incumbent Indemnifiable tax Indemnity Independent amount Independent Manager of Pension Assets Index Indexed Asset Allocation Inflation Inflation rates Inheritance tax Initial Public Offering Insolvency Institutional Asset Management Services Institutional Investors and Brokers Integrated Products and Services Interest Interest period Interest Rate Interest rate option International payments International Private Banking International Swaps & Derivatives Association Inc (ISDA) Intranet Investment Investment Bank Investment Banking Investment holding companies Investment House Investment leverage Investment Management Investment Objectives Investment Philosophy Investment Processes Investment Risk Warning Notice Investment Strategy Investment Trusts Investments Investors Investor's Risk Appetite Irrecoverable Capital Losses Irrevocable iSHARES Franchise Joint account Joint account holder Jurisdiction
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Key Card Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Legal Personal Representative Legislation lending value percentage Lending value percentage ratio Leverage Leverage ratios Liability Liability Driven Investment Liberalization Liberalization & Privatization Programs Libor LIBOR (London Inter Bank Offered Rate) ( Licence Lien Life insurance Liquidation Liquidity Liquidity management service Listed options Listed securities Litigation Loan to value Lock up Longer Maturity Government Assets Loss Lower Risk Absolute Return Funds Macroeconomic Management fee Margin Margin call summary Margin ratio Margin securities Margin transfer Maring trading Maring trading arrangement Market Conduct Regulations Market Order Market price Market Return Market Risk Market value Market Volatility Marketability Markets Mass Affluent Banking Business Maternity Leave Maturity Maturity date Maturity Pattern Mean Median Medical Insurance Merger Microeconomic Minimum transfer amount Mobility Momentum Indicators Monetary Monetary Policy Monitor Mortgage Mortgage Backed Securities Mortgage Products
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MTM estimate Mudaraba (profit sharing) Multilateral Trading Facility Multi-manager fund Multiple transaction payment netting Municipal Tax Murabaha (cost plus financing) Musawamah Mutilation Mutual Funds National Amount Nationalization Negative pledge Net Net asset value Net capital Net exposure Net leveraged returns Net margin Net tangible assets Net value Net worth New credit support New purchase securities Nominating Nominee Non Core Inflation Non-capital-protected products Non-deliverable forwards Non-Financial Corporations Non-readily Realisable Securities Non-registerable Non-transferable Notes Notice Periods Obligation Off Shore Offer Off-Exchange Derivatives Omnibus Account Open-ended funds Opportunity Cost Option OTC derivatives Overdraft Overseas Travel Insurance Overtime Over-valued Overweights Ownership Paradigm Partially capital-protected products Participating share Particulars of Employment Payable Payment Payoff Pension Performance Performance Appraisal Performance Cost Performance fee Performance Return Performance Risk
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Personal Pension Pink Sheets Placement agent Placement fee Plane & marine finance Pledge Policymakers Pooled Account Portfolio Portfolio Mandate Portfolio reserve Post-employment Obligations Power of Attorney Pre-employment Screening Checks Preferential arrangement Preferred stock Premises Premium Presentation of Invoice Price book ratio Price differential Price earnings ratio Price sales ratio Price Volatility Pricing rate Principal Prior Agreements Prioritisation Private Banker Private Banking Private Equity Private Equity Funds Privatization Pro Rata Basis Probation Probationary Period Proceeds value Profit Profit Margin Property Property Development Funds Property finance Property Rights Proposals Prospective Client Provision of credit lines Public Traded Fund Purchase Purchase price Purchased securities Purchasing Power QFC QFSA Quantitative Quantitative Easing Quarter Rallying Bonds Rate swap transaction Rating agencies Ratings trigger Real estate funds Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) Receivable securities Recession Recovery Recovery Rate Redemption

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Redemption day Redemption price Redemption Value Referral Refundable Registered Representatives Regulations Regulatory and Criminal Records Regulatory Constraints Reimburse Repurchase price Repurchase transaction Reserves-to-Debt Ratio Resignation Responsibility Restricted Client Restrictions Retirement Age Return Return of Documents Return on Capital (ROC) Return on Equity (ROE) Return On Investment (ROI) Reverse repurchase transaction Rights Rights Issue Risk Risk Disclosures Riskier Asset Classes Risky Assets S & P 500 Index Sale Sales and Trading Relationships Sales For Cash Equities SAR Amount Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency (SAMA Committee) Saudi Arabian Nationals Securities Securities and exchange commission(SEC) Securities Business Securities Lending Securities lending transaction Security Contributions Security interest Segregate Sell back differential Sell back price Seller Set-off Settlement Settlement day Share of GDP Shares Short selling Short Term Loan Sick Leave Skew Slowdown Solicit Business Solvency and Personal History Sovereign Wealth Funds Speculation Speculative Funds Spending Stimulus Spot rate Spread

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Barclays Glossary of Financial Terminologies

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Stabilisation Stake Stamp duty Stamp duty reserve tax Standard Deviations Statutory Fiduciary Stipulated Price Stock Index Stock Lending Stock Market Stock options Stock Piling Stocks Strike rate Structured Capital At Risk Products Structured deposits Structured notes Structured product Structuring and placement fees Sub prime Sub prime Market Sub-accounts Subscription Subscription price Subsidiary Subsidy Sub-underwriting commitments Suitability Sukuk Supersede Suspensions of Trading Swap Swap Based ETFs Swap option Swap transaction Swaption Takaful Take over TARGET (the Trans-European Automated Real-time Gross Settlement Express Transfer System) Tax Tax Rebates Taxation Termination Termination currency Third Party Third Party Broker Threshold Title retention Total accrual Total pending moves Total Performance Management Total return swap Toxic Assets Trade date Trade reference Trade type Traded options Trading Transaction exposure Transactions Transferable Transferor

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Transferre transitions Transmission Transparency Treasury deposits Treasury Securities Trust arrangement Trustee Trusts TTA (Tactical Asset Allocation) Turnkey Underperforming Currencies Underwriting Commitments Unsecured credit/overdraft Used rate Valuation Valuation Agent Valuation percentage Valuations Value Vault Cash Venture Capital Verification of the Information Volatile Warrant Wealth Advisory Wealth Management Wealth Management Institution Wealth Manager Wealth structuring Willful Default Withdraw Withhold Payments Withholding Working Day Written Consent Written Particulars of Employment Yield Zero-balance account

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