Glossary

m
M1
M2
M3
Maastricht Treaty
Macro economic factors
Main refinancing operation
Maintenance bond
Maintenance margin
Maintenance reserve account
Majority banks
Make a market
Make up day
Make-up
Make-up agreement
Managed float
Managed receivables
Management Buy In (MBI)
Management Buy Out (MBO)
Management company
Management fee
Management information system (MIS)
Manager
Managing financial risks
Mandate
Mandated bank
Mandatory quote period
Margin
Margin call
Margin ratchet
Margin trading
Marginal cost of capital
Marginal interest rate
Marginal lending facility
Marginal risk
Marginal tax rate
Marginal utility
Margining
Mark to market
Mark up
Mark-to-market
Market amount
Market day
Market discipline
Market failure
Market flex
Market if touched
Market maker
Market making (Cross-matching Trading Method)
Market microstructure
Market neutral arbitrage
Market operator
Market order
Market risk
Market timing
Market value
Market value basis of valuation
Market value weighted index
Marketable securities
Marking to market
Markov methods
Marshall - Lerner
Master agreement
Master credit
Master lease
Master netting agreement
Master securities agreement
Matched book
Matched funding
Matching (or comparison, checking)
Matching utilities
Material Adverse Change (MAC)
Material Adverse Event (MAE)
Maturing leasing contracts
Maturity
Maturity date
Maturity due
Maturity structure
Maximum Drawdown
Mean Reversion
Mean reversion principle
Medium Term
Medium-Term Notes (MTN)
Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)
Merchant bank
Merchant Power Plant (MPP)
Merchant Service Charge (MSC)
Merger
Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A)
Messaging services
Mezzanine debt
Mezzanine financing
Mezzanine level
Mezzanine tranche
Micro-credit
Micro-economics
Mid-price or middle rate
Mine
Mini-Perm
Minimum bid rate
Minimum capital base
Minimum capital requirements
Minimum price fluctuation
Minimum reserves
Minimum standards
Minority interests
Mismatch
Modeling bank
Modern Portfolio Theory (MPT)
Modified duration
Monetarism
Monetary analysis
Monetary easing
Monetisation
Money laundering
Money market
Money market fund
Money market instruments
Money Market Yield (MMY)
Money on accounts
Money order
Money supply
Moneyness
Monoline insurance company
Monoline insurer
Monopolisation
Monopolistic competition
Monopoly
Monte Carlo analysis
Monte Carlo simulation
Moral Hazard
Moral Suasion
Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) Indexes
Mortality bonds
Mortality derivaties
Mortgage
Mortgage backed bonds
Mortgage Backed Security (MBS)
Mortgage broker
Most Favoured Nation (MFN)
Moving Average
Multi-bank cash concentration
Multi-lateral trading facility (MTF)
Multi-name CDS
Multilateral financial institutions
Multilateral netting
Multilateral trading systems.
Multiple batch processing
Multiple official exchange rates
Municipal bond
Municipal notes
Mutual fund
Mutual recognition