Glossary

r
R2 (or R-squared)
Rainbow option
Rally
Ramp-up phase
Range
Range Accrual Note
Ratchet
Ratchet Option
Rate base
Rate covenant
Rate of return
Rating
Rating agency
Rating system (RS)
Ratio backspread
Ratio calendar spread
Ratio spread
Rational pricing
Re-aging
Re-balancing
Re?financing risk
Re?lending
Real cost of capital
Real estate based financing
Real estate investment trust (REITS).
Real exchange rate
Real interest
Real option theory
Real price
Real rate of return
Real return
Real return bonds
Real terms
Real time
Real-time gross settlement
Real-time prices
Real-time processing
Realignment
Recapitalization
Receiver
Recession
Recognised rating agency
Reconciliation
Recourse
Recourse facility
Recovery
Recovery rate
Redemption
Redemption price
Redemption yield
Reference entity
Reference portfolio
Refinance
Refinancing
Registrar
Registration
Regression analysis
Regulated financial institutions
Regulated markets
regulatory arbitrage
Regulatory capital arbitrage
Regulatory capital ratios
Regulatory capital requirements
Regulatory Impact Assessment (RIA)
Regulatory risk
Reimbursing bank
Reinsurance
Reinsurance treaty
Reinvestment rate
Reinvestment risk
Relative price effect
Relayed link
Relevant cost/benefit
Remittance
Remitting Bank
Remote member/participant
Reopening
Replacement cost risk
Replicating portfolio
Representations
Repurchase agreement (Repo)
Reputational risk
Request for Information (RFI)
Request for Proposals (RFP)
Request for quote trading method
Required rate of return
Reserve account
Reserve base
Reserve ratio
Reserve tail
Reserve Tranche Position (RTP)
Reserves
Residential property
Residual
Residual asset value
Residual cover
Residual cushion
Resources/ resource cost
Restricted funds
Restrictive covenant
Restructure
Restructuring
Retail FXDB
Retail investor
Retail lending/exposures
Retail Price Index
Retail transfer system
Retail wheeling
Retailer's card
Retained earnings
Retention
Retirement
Retrocession agreement
Return
Return On Assets (ROA)
Return on average shareholders' equity
Return on average total capital invested excluding effect of accounting changes.
Return on capital employed
Return On Equity (ROE)
Return On Investment (ROI)
Returns on gross fixed assets (ROGFA)
Revaluation
Revaluation rate
Revealed preference
Revenue bond
Revenues
Reversal arbitrage
Reverse repo
Revised Standardised Approach to credit risk (RSA)
Revocable letter of credit
Revocable transfer
Revolver / revolving credit
Revolving credit agreement
Revolving funds
Rights offering
Risk
Risk adjusted return on capital (RAROC)
Risk analysis /assessment
Risk arbitrage
Risk assessment processes
Risk aversion
Risk capital
Risk contamination
Risk exposures
Risk factor
Risk free interest rate
Risk free return
Risk insurance
Risk management (or Enterprise Risk Management -ERM)
Risk management strategies
Risk management.
Risk matrix
Risk mitigants
Risk model
Risk position
Risk premium
Risk ranking (or risk prioritization)
Risk register / log
Risk reversal
Risk reward profile
Risk scenarios
Risk transfer
Risk weight
Risk-based pricing
Risk-weighted assets
Rolling over
Rolling settlement
Rollover
Rollover credit
Round of funding
Round trip
Round tripping
Royalty
Rule 144A
Run-off basis
Running a position
Running the books
Releasing trapped equity in single assets or portfolios;