Glossary

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Ichimoku cloud
Immobilisation
Impact statement
Impaired Loans
Impairment
Impairment charges
Implementation
Implied forward rate
Implied forward yield estimates
Implied rates
Implied repo rate
Implied volatility
Implied volatility skews
In insurance the risk that the rinsured counterparty (typically an insurance company) lowers policy underwriting standards and/or settles claims less efficiently.
In-the-money
Incipient default
Income
Income dividend
Income fund
Income risk
Inconvertible currency
Incubator
Indemnity
Indenture
Indenture of a bond
Index
Index based contracts
Index fund
Index linking
Index shares
Index tracker Funds
Index tracking
Indexation
Indexed loan
Indexed rate
Indicative quote
Indicative terms
Indirect holding system
Indirect link
Indirect market participant
Industrial production index
Inflation
Inflation linked bonds
Inflation premium
Inflation risk premium
Inflation targeting
Information asymmetry
Information memorandum
Infrastructure project
Infrastructure risk
Initial margin
Initial Public Offering (ipo)
Inside the fence
Insider trading
Insolvency
Institutional investors
Institutional loan stock
Institutions
Instrument
Insurance receivables
Intangible asset
Integrated risk management
Integrity of a securities issue
Inter-bank lending
Inter-bank rates
Inter-creditor agreement
Inter-dealer broker
Interbank Funds Transfer System (IFTS)
Interest
Interest (lending) margin
Interest arbitrage
Interest calculation
Interest coverage ratio
Interest During Construction (IDC)
Interest parity
Interest rate
Interest rate cap
Interest rate collar
Interest rate floor
Interest rate options:
Interest rate parity theorem
Interest rate risk
Interest rate swap
Interest-only mortgage
Interest-only obligation
Interest-rate derivatives
Intermediary
Internal controls
Internal estimates
Internal financing ratio
Internal limits
Internal models or processes
Internal rate of return (IRR)
Internal Rating Based (IRB) Approach
Internal risk management
Internal settlement
Internalisation
International accounting standards (IAS)
International bank account number (IBAN)
International central securities depository (ICSD)
International Central Securities Depository (ICSD)
International centre for settlement of investment disputes (ICSID)
International development association (IDA)
International financial reporting standards ( IFRS)
International fisher effect
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
International monetary market (IMM)
International Organisation of Securities Commissions (IOSCO)
International organization for standardization (ISO)
International parity conditions
International remittance transfer
International reserve assets
International securities markets association (ISMA)
International settlement
International standard setting organisations
International Swap and Derivatives Association (ISDA)
International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA)
Internationalisation
Interoperability
Intervention
Intra day bid/offer prices
Intra day limit
Intra day position
Intraday finality
Intrinsic value
Inverse floater (or reverse floater)
Inverse floater CMOs
Inverse floating rate instrument
Inverse order
Inverted market
Investment advisor
Investment bank
Investment club
Investment company
Investment currency
Investment grade
Investment horizon
Investment objective
Investment rating
Investment securities
Investment services and activities
Investment Services Directive (ISD) (Council Directive (1993/22/EEC))
Investment style
Investment trust
Investment-grade issue
Investor relations
Invisible balance
Invisible venture capital
Invisibles
Invoice discounting
IP-based communication network
Irreversibility
Irrevocable credit
Irrevocable letter of credit
Irrevocable payment
Irrevocable transfer
Islamic banking
Islamic loan
ISO 15022
Issue date
Issuer
Issuing agent
Issuing bank
Index or Currency Linked Strips;
Insured - meaning that the future payment obligations involved must be subject to acceptable credit insurance arrangements (e.g. Insured Finance, Insured Selective Invoice Financing)