Glossary

c
C-Loan
Cable
Cable Transfer
Calculatory maturity
Calendar spread
Call
Call dates
Call feature
Call money
Call option
Call protection
Call risk
Callable bond
Callable Range accrual notes
Callable swaps
Cap
Capacity
Capex
Capital
Capital account
Capital adequacy
Capital Adequacy Directive (CAD)
Capital allowances
Capital Appreciation Bonds (CABs)
Capital appreciation fund
Capital assessment process
Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM).
Capital at Risk (CaR)
Capital budget
Capital charge for comprehensive risks
Capital charge for incremental risk
Capital commitment
Capital employed
Capital expenditures (CapEx
Capital flight
Capital gain distribution
Capital gain/(loss)
Capital growth
Capital markets
Capital movements
Capital preservation
Capital ratios
Capital recovery
Capital risk
Capital structure
Capital under management
Capitalisation
Capitalise
Capitalised interest
Caplet
Capped rate mortgage
Caption
Captive
Carbon credits
Card issuing institution
Cardholder fee
Carried Interest
Carry
Carry trade
Cash
Cash against document
Cash and carry
Cash Available for Debt Service (CADS
Cash card
Cash CDO
Cash correspondents
Cash couriers
Cash deficiency guarantee
Cash delivery
Cash deposit risk
Cash dispenser
Cash earnings
Cash earnings margin
Cash Earnings Per Share (CEPS
Cash equivalent
Cash flow analysis
Cash flow bonds
Cash flow cascade
Cash flow forecast
Cash flow hedge
Cash Flow Return On Investment (CFROI)
Cash flow statement
Cash market
Cash option
Cash pool
Cash ratio
Cash reserves
Cash securitization
Cash settled options
Cash Settlement
Cash settlement
Cash settlement agent
Cash Settlement Date (CSD)
Cash Value Added (CVA)
Cash waterfall
Cash-and-carry arbitrage (carry arbitrage)
Cash-flow oriented financing
Cash-trapping mechanism
Catastrophe bond
Catastrophe equity put
Catastrophe risk swap
Catastrophe swap agreement
Catch up
CD (certificate of deposit)
CEDEL
Central Bank
Central bank credit facility
Central bank independence
Central bank money
Central Clearing House for CDS
Central CounterParty (CCP)
Central Securities Depository (CSD)
CEO
Certificate
Certificate of deposit (CD)
CFADS
CFO
CFTC
Chaining
CHAPS
Charges
Chartist
Cheapest to deliver
Cheque
Cheque guarantee card
Cheque guarantee system
Chinese wall
Chip and PIN
CHIPS
Choice modelling
Choice of law
Circuit breaker
Civil law
Civil Society Organization (CSO)
Classes of shares
Claw back clause
Claw back provision
Clawback
Clean float
Clean import loan (CIL)
Clearance
Clearing
clearing and settlement
Clearing house
Clearing member
Close a deal
Close out
Closed book period
Closed end fund
Closed position
Closed-end fund
Closing
Club
CME
CMO
Co-decision
Co-financing
Co-insurance
Co-manager
Coincident indicator
Collar
Collar Agreement
Collateral
Collateral agreement
Collateral management
Collateral pooling system
Collateralised bond obligation (CBO)
Collateralised debt
Collateralised Debt Obligations (CDOs)
Collateralised Loan Obligation (CLO)
Collateralised transaction
Collaterilized Commodity Obligation (CCO)
Collection bank
Collection of fixed-term deposits
Collective action clause
Collective investment scheme
Combo trade
Comex
Comitology
Commercial banking
Commercial bill
Commercial Interest Reference Rates (CIRR)
Commercial Operations Date (COD)
Commercial Paper (CP)
Commercial risks
Commingling
Commission
Commitment fee
Commitment letter
Committed facilities
Committed funds (raised funds)
Committee of European Securities Regulators (CESR).
Commodities finance
Commodity
Common law
Common Stock
Communication protocol
Commutation
Compensation trade
Competent authority
Competition policy
Competitive tender
Complementary financing
Completion
Completion guarantee
Completion risks
Completion test
Compliance
Compound interest
Compound option
Compounding
Concentration
Concentration risk
Concession
Concession agreement
Concessional loan (also soft loan)
Concompanyation
Concompanying Bank
Conditionality
Conditions precedent (CPs)
Conduit
Confidence level
Confirmation
Conflict of laws
Consignee
Consignor/shipper
Consistency
Consolidated banking directive
Consolidated supervision
Consolidation
Consortium
Constant dollar
Constant maturity swap
Constant maturity swap spread note
Constant proportional debt obigation (CPDO or SURF)
Construction management at fee
Construction manager
Constructor's guaranties and sureties
Consumer Price Index (CPI)
Contango
Contingency
Contingent
Contingent equity
Contingent Surplus Notes CSN
Contingent swaptions
Contingent valuation
Continuation charts
Contract
Contract expiration date
Contract for a difference (DFD)
Contract month
Contract of differences
Contribution holiday
Controlled Foreign Corporation (CFC)
Controller
Convergence
Convergence criteria
Converibility risk
Conversion
Conversion account
Conversion arbitrage
Conversion premium
Conversion ratio
Convertibility risk
Convertible
Convertible arbitrage
Convertible bond
Convertible currency
Convexity
Copula
Core capital
Corporate action
Corporate bond
Corporate governance
Corporate lending
Corporate Real Estate Management (CREM)
Corporate venturing
Correction
Correlation coefficient
Correlation trading
Correspondent bank
Correspondent Central Banking Model (CCBM)
Cost / income ratio
Cost basis
Cost benefit analysis
Cost of capital
Cost of funds
Cost of living index
Cost of risk
Cost of sales (COS)
Cost of variability in outcomes
Cost, Insurance, and Freight (CIF)
Cost-effectiveness analysis
Council of Ministers
Council Working Groups
Counter-Trade
Counterparty
Counterparty risk
Countervailing duty
Country fund
Country risk
Coupon
Coupon Dates
Coupon value
Covenant
Cover
Cover ratio
Covered
Covered arbitrage
Covered call
Covered call write
Covered interest rate parity
Covered margin
Covered put
Covered securities
Crawling peg
Creation unit
Credit card
Credit card company
Credit concentration
Credit consolidation
Credit Conversion Factors (CCFs)
Credit cycle
Credit Default Swap (CDS)
Credit derivative
Credit enhancement
Credit equivalent amount
Credit event
Credit event auction
Credit event fixing
Credit institution
Credit limit
Credit line
Credit linked note (CLN)
Credit rating
Credit reference agency
Credit risk
Credit Risk Mitigation (CRM)
Credit scoring
Credit scoring system
Credit spreads
Credit standing
Credit transfer
Credit transfer system (or giro system
Credit VaR
Creditworthy
Creeping expropriation
Crisis management structure
Cross border models
Cross currency spreads
Cross deal
Cross default
Cross hedge
Cross rates
Cross-border settlement
Cross-border trade
Cross-collateral
Cross-currency interest rate swaps (sometimes known as currency swaps)
Cross-default clause
Cross-listing
Cross-margining agreement
Cross-selling
Cross-system settlement
Cross-trade
Crossed market
Crowding out
Crown law
Cum dividend
Cumulative discount privilege
Cumulative Dividends
Cure period
Currency basket
Currency cocktail
Currency forward
Currency in circulation
Currency of denomination
Currency option
Currency overlay
Currency protected
Currency swap
Current account
Current assets
Current delivery month
Current liabilities
Current ratio
Current return
Current yield
Curve lock
Cushion
CUSIP code
Custodian
Custody
Custody risk
Customer
Cut-off point
Cut-off score
Cut-off spread
Cut-off time
Cutting Date
Cycle
Cyclical stocks
Conversion of illiquid assets into tradable securities;The limitless ability to engineer hybrid, synthetic or derivative instruments makes the engineered solution provided by structured finance so valuable.
Collateralized Mortgage Pools, Collateralized Debt Obligations and other Credit Derivatives;
Credit Enhancement, Financial Guaranties, Standby Commitments; Forward Commitments;
Critics of Tier 1 argue that assets that seem safe during normal periods may not be safe during risky periods. They say that however solid a bank's assets may be, if a lender has too many assets relative to equity, it will have trouble financing itself.