(aktualisiert 30.12.2011)

Finanzbegriffe

Börsenbegriffe

ABS Asset-Backed Securities

ACH Automated Clearing House

ANPR Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking

ARM = Adjustable Rate Mortgages (Variabelzinsdarlehen)

BHC Bank Holding Company

BTP Buoni del Tesoro Poliennali (festverzinsliche Staatspapiere Italien)

CCP Central Counterparties (Clearinghäuser)

CDO Collateralized Debt Obligations (Schuldverschreibungen)

CDS Credit Default Swaps (Kreditausfallversicherungspapiere)

CMBS Commercial Mortgage Backed Securities (verbriefte Gewerbeimmobilienkredite)

CRA Community Reinvestment Act

DFA Dodd-Frank Act (the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010)

EFTA Electronic Fund Transfer Act

ECOA Equal Credit Opportunity Act

FAS Financial Accounting Standards

FHC Financial Holding Company

FBO Foreign Banking Organization

FCRA Fair Credit Reporting Act

FIRREA Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989

FMU Financial Market Utility

FOIA Freedom of Information Act

FRA Federal Reserve Act

FRM Fixed Rate Mortgage

GLBA Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act

GSE Government-Sponsored Enterprise

HFT High Frequency Trader

HOEPA Home Ownership and Equity Protection Act

HMDA Home Mortgage Disclosure Act

ILC Industrial Loan Company

IPO Initial Public Offering (Börsengang)

Leerverkauf Siehe Short Selling

LTRO Long-Term Refinancing Operation der EZB

MFC Mutual Fund Company

NCUA National Credit Union Administration

NPR Notice of Proposed Rulemaking

PCA Prompt Corrective Action

PCS Payment, Clearing, and Settlement

QE Quantitive Easing (unkonventionelle Geldpolitik durch Assetkauf)

QFC Qualified Financial Contract

QRM Qualified Residential Mortgage

RESPA Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act

S.A.F.E. Secure and Fair Enforcement for Mortgage Licensing Act

SBA U.S. Small Business Administration

SEC U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

Senior Debts Fremdkapital mit sekundärem Zugriff auf Vermögen des Kreditnehmers im Rahmen einer Mezzanine-Finanzierung

Short Selling Leihe einer Aktie gegen Gebühr und Weiterverkauf bei sinkenden Kursen; nach Ablauf des Leerverkaufs kann die Aktie günstiger gekauft und mit Gewinn geliefert werden.

SIFI Systemically Important Nonbank Financial Institution

SIV Structured Investment Vehicle (Zweckgesellschaft)

SLHC Savings and Loan Holding Company

TAF Term Auction Facility

TARP = Trouble Asset Relief Program (US)

TILA Truth in Lending Act

Treasury U.S. Department of the Treasury

Uptick-Rule Leerverkäufe nur bei Kursanstieg

VIX Volatility Index (Marktumsatzindex)

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Finanzorganisationen

BaFin = Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht

BIZ = Bank für Internationalen Zahlungsausgleich

CEBS = Committee of European Banking Supervisors (EU)

CFPB Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

CFTC = Commodity Futures Trading Commission (US)

EAEG = Einlagensicherungs- und Anlegerentschädigungsgesetz

EBA = European Banking Authority (EU)

ECOFIN = Economic and Financial Affairs Council (EU)

EdB = Entschädigungseinrichtung der Deutschen Banken

EdW = Entschädigungseinrichtung der Wertpapierhandelsunternehmen

EFSF European Financial Stability Facility

EIOPA = European Insurance and Occupational Pension Authority

EMSA = European Securities and Markets Authority (EU)

ESA = European Supervisory Athorities (EU)

ESFS = European System of Financial Supervisors (EU)

ESM European Stability Mechanism

ESRB = European Systematic Risk Board (EU)

EZB = Europäische Zentralbank

FCIC = Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission (US)

FDIC = Federal Deposit Insurance Corp (US)

FFIEC Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council
FHFA Federal Housing Finance Agency

FINRA = Financial Industry Regulatory Board (US)

FIO Federal Insurance Office

FMSA = Bundesanstalt für Finanzmarktstabisilierung

FRS Federal Reserve System

FSB = Financial Stability Board (Int)

FSOC = Financial Services Oversight Council (US)

FTC Federal Trade Commission

GAO U.S. Government Accountability Office

GSE Government Sponsored Enterprise (öffentl. Förderkreditbank, US)

HUD U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

IG Inspector General

IDW = Institut der Wirtschaftsprüfer

IWF = Internationaler Währungsfonds

NAHB National Association of Home Builder 

NYSE = New York Stock Exchange

OCC = Office of the Comptroller of Currency (US)

OEB Office of Employee Benefits

OFR Office of Financial Research

OMB Office of Management and Budget

OMWI Office of Minority and Women Inclusion

OTS Office of Thrift Supervision

SEC = Securities and Exchange Commission (US)

SoFFin = Sonderfonds zur Finanzmarktstabilisierung

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