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Abbreviations
Abbreviation Brief description
A
A$ Australian dollar
ABS1 Asset-backed security
ADR American Depositary Receipt
ADS American Depositary Share
ALCM Asset and Liability Capital Management
ALCO Asset and Liability Management Committee
AML Anti-money laundering
ARM1 Adjustable-rate mortgage
ARS Argentinian peso
B
Basel Committee Basel Committee on Banking Supervision
Basel I 1988 Basel Capital Accord
Basel II1 2006 Basel Capital Accord
Basel III1 Basel Committee’s reforms to strengthen global capital and liquidity rules
BMD Bermudan dollar
BoCom Bank of Communications Co., Limited, mainland China’s fourth largest bank by market capitalisation
Bps1 Basis points. One basis point is equal to one hundredth of a percentage point
BRL Brazilian real
BSA Bank Secrecy Act, US
BSM Balance Sheet Management
C
C$ Canadian dollar
CCP1 Central counterparty
CCR1 Counterparty credit risk
CD Certificate of deposit
CDO1 Collateralised debt obligation
CDS1 Credit default swap
CDPC Credit derivative product company
CET11 Common equity tier 1 ratio
CGU Cash-generating unit
CHF Swiss franc
CMB Commercial Banking, a global business
CML1 Consumer and Mortgage Lending portfolio in the US, comprising Consumer Lending and Mortgage
Services businesses in run-off
CNY Chinese yuan
CP1 Commercial paper
CPI Consumer price index
CRD1 Capital Requirements Directive
CRR1 Customer risk rating
CVA1 Credit valuation adjustment
D
Dodd-Frank The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform & Consumer Protection Act, US
DoJ Department of Justice, US
DPA The Deferred Prosecution Agreement with DoJ and, if the context so requires, the Deferred Prosecution
Agreement with the New York County District Attorney’s Office, in each case entered into in December
2012
DPF Discretionary participation feature of insurance and investment contracts
DVA1 Debit valuation adjustment
E
EAD1 Exposure at default
EBA European Banking Authority
ECB European Central Bank
EDTF Enhanced Disclosure Task Force
EGP Egyptian pound
EL1 Expected loss
EU European Union
Euribor European Interbank Offered Rates
F
Fannie Mae Federal National Mortgage Association, US
FCA Financial Conduct Authority, UK
FHFA Federal Housing Finance Agency
first direct first direct is a division of HSBC Bank plc
FPC Financial Policy Committee, UK
Freddie Mac Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, US