Glossary

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OATei's
Object finance
Obligation
Obligor
OCC
Occupational pension
OCR
Odd coupon
Odd lot
OECD Consensus
Off-balance sheet derivative contracts
Off-balance sheet finance
Off-balance sheet transactions
Off-balance-sheet liability
Off-shore
Off-the-shelf-company
Offer
Offered market Temporary situation where
Offering circular
Official Development Assistance (ODA)
Officially supported export credits
Offline
Offset
Offshore entity
Offshore financial centre
Offshore investment
Offtake agreement
Offtaker (Offtake purchaser)
Oligopoly
Omnibus account
On-lending (relending)
On-the-run
On-us transactions
One way floating rate note
One-sided risks
One-touch option
Online
Online betting
Open account trading
Open architecture
Open interest
Open market operation
Open market operations
Open outcry
Open position
Open-end investment company
Operated direct link
Operating budget
Operating cash flow
Operating lease
Operating margin
Operating profit
Operational efficiency
Operational reliability
Operational risk
Operations and Maintenance (O&M) agreement
Opportunity cost
Opportunity cost (or economic cost)
Optimisation
Optimism bias
Option
Option appraisal
Option class
Option conversions
Option dated Forwards (ODFs)
Option expiry
Option reversals (also reverse conversion)
Option series
Option theoretic
Option value
Option-Adjusted Spread (OAS)
Option?adjusted duration
Options backdating
Options contract
Order driven trading method
Ordinary shares
Organic growth
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
Organised trading vanue
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)
Originator
Out-of-the-money
Out-performance Option
Outright deal
Outright forward Deal
Over The Counter (OTC)
Over-collateralisation
Over-the-counter Derivative contracts
Over-the-counter market
Over-The-Counter market (OTC)
Overfunded plan
Overfunding
Overhang
Overheated economy
Overlay mandate
Overnight
Overnight limit
Overrun
Oversight
Overweight
Own Funds Directive Directive (1989/229/EC).