v. Cross Currency Swap

v. certificate of deposit

A clearinghouse acts as a Central Clearing Counterparty if it takes over the role of the partner in a deal for both sides. Thus the Clearing House is taking the credit risk of both partners.

An international clearing house established at the Bank of England.

The securities depository in the Austrian Control Bank is the central Austrian depositary for securities.

Costs for services of the headquarters Bank, but are directly attributable to customer business.

(CIRA) The Cercle Investor Relations Austria was founded in 1991 as a voluntary community of interest and advocacy of listed companies. The members are primarily composed of the investor relations executives of a firm as well as from CFOs and CEOs. The member companies are responsible for approximately 85% of total capitalization and roughly 90% of the total turnover of the Vienna Stock Exchange.

a certificate issued by a bank that indicates a specified sum of money has been deposited. A CD has a maturity date (usually up to one year) and a specified interest rate, and can be issued in any denomination.CDs are tradable in the secondary market

Certificates evidencing the right to participate in the performance of an underlying investment such as a stock, an index, a commodity or a foreign currency.

abbr. Common Equity Tier 1

abbr. Contract for Difference

Share price addendum money and goods

Graphical representation of a price development.

see technical analysis

In a futures contract, the cheapest security that can be delivered to the long position to satisfy the contract specifications. The cheapest to deliver security is relevant only for contracts which provide that a variety of slightly different securities may be delivered. This is common in treasury bond futures contracts, which typically specify that any treasury bond can be delivered, so long as it is within a certain maturity range and has a certain coupon rate.

abbr. ISO Currency code for swiss franc

A commodity exchange established in 1848 that today trades in both agricultural and financial contracts. The CBOT originally traded only agricultural commodities such as wheat, corn and soybeans. Now, the CBOT offers options and futures contracts on a wide range of products including gold, silver, U.S. Treasury bonds and energy. www.cbot.com

The first options exchange in the United States was founded in 1973. Today especially strong in index derivatives. www.cboe.com

Founded in 1898 as a not-for-profit corporation, the CME was called the Chicago Butter and Egg Board until 1919. In November 2000, CME became the first U.S. financial exchange to demutualize and become a shareholder-owned corporation. The world's second-largest exchange for futures and options on futures and the largest in the U.S. Trading involves mostly futures on interest rates, currency, equities, stock indices and a small amount on agricultural products. www.cme.com

abbr. Cost-Income-Ratio