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The ability to transfer data to another environment in a form that can be used there. Its scope depends on the formats, associated information and available interfaces. Copying files and restoring the applications that use them require separate checks.

An organised means of taking a service back in-house or transferring it to another supplier, with the data and other resources needed to keep it working. It requires people, technical capabilities, funding and contractual arrangements, supported by tests suited to the service.

The ability of different systems to exchange information and use it to perform an operation. It depends on interfaces, formats and the meaning of the information exchanged. An assessment must specify the function and systems being examined.

A mechanism for submitting an operation to a rollup through its base chain. Its effect depends on the protocol: placing a request in a queue does not guarantee that the actors publishing and validating states will keep processing it. Withdrawal availability therefore requires checking the whole procedure.

An actor that submits commitments representing a rollup state to its base chain. Depending on the protocol, this role can be open or restricted to authorised actors. A request received by the sequencer still needs the publication and validation steps required for settlement.

Negotiable French Treasury bill issued with a maturity of less than one year and fixed-rate interest deducted upfront. BTFs help manage the State’s cash-flow timing.

The risk of having to refinance maturing debt at a higher cost or facing difficulty raising the required funds. It depends on the amounts due, their timing and access to funding.

Cryptographic constructions run on classical computers and designed to resist known quantum attacks. Signatures authorise and authenticate messages; key encapsulation mechanisms establish shared secrets. Integration into Bitcoin requires protocol rules and migration of existing outputs.

SegWit’s measure of transaction space: four weight units per byte of base data and one per byte of witness data. Virtual size is weight divided by four, rounded up. Weight alone does not set the fee, which also depends on the offered price for block space.

The risk that adverse interest-rate changes affect capital or earnings in the banking book. Measurement uses complementary measures of economic value and expected earnings, each with its own horizon and modelling assumptions.

The net present value of cash flows from assets, liabilities and off-balance-sheet positions in an interest-rate risk measure. Its scenario change covers the positions’ remaining life and differs from accounting earnings or the share price.

Interest income less interest expense over a period, taking hedging into account. NII sensitivity depends on the scenario’s horizon and assumptions. It is distinct from total net earnings and economic value of equity.

An accelerator of charged particles. In nuclear medicine, irradiating a target can produce radionuclides used to make radiopharmaceuticals. Further preparation and quality checks are needed before the medicine reaches a patient.

An imaging technique that uses a positron-emitting radiotracer to observe biological processes. The scanner detects photons produced by positron annihilation. What the scan reveals depends on the tracer used.

The time required for a radionuclide’s activity to fall by half through nuclear decay. Physical half-life differs from a medicine’s shelf life and does not, by itself, determine the longest permitted delivery time.

A business that performs manufacturing operations under contract for another company. Its assigned work depends on the agreement. In pharmaceuticals, outsourcing does not remove either party’s applicable quality obligations.

A provider of contracted development and manufacturing services. Its work can combine process development or transfer with production. The agreement defines the services; the label does not establish that a medicine has regulatory approval.

An approach pairing diagnosis with targeted treatment. In nuclear medicine, related molecules aimed at the same target can carry different radionuclides for imaging and therapy. A diagnostic tracer alone is not a treatment.

A processor designed to run many calculations in parallel, used for graphics rendering and artificial intelligence. In a computing service, practical performance also depends on memory, interconnects and software. Technical usefulness does not establish the cash receipts a fleet can earn.

A term-loan facility whose funds can be drawn later, in one or more advances within an agreed period, subject to contractual conditions. The committed ceiling differs from the amount actually borrowed. Draw timing, fees, maturity and security depend on the transaction.

A US national bank whose activities are limited to trust company operations and authorised related activities, chartered and supervised by the OCC. Its services may include fiduciary administration and custody. The charter alone does not establish a product’s insurance coverage or grant access to a Federal Reserve account.

The value of client assets covered by administration, fiduciary or custody services, under the reporting institution’s stated scope. AUA measures neither the bank’s deposit funding nor its equity capital. Comparing it with assets under management requires checking the included services, valuation basis and observation date.

A right to receive shares after the plan’s vesting conditions are met, such as a service period or a performance target. A grant does not mean the recipient already owns the underlying shares. Vesting, actual delivery and subsequent disposals require separate checks.

A security giving its holder the right to obtain shares under a specified exercise price, term and other contractual conditions. Shares underlying an unexercised warrant must be distinguished from shares already held. Exercise may lead to issuance and dilution; registering shares for resale records neither exercise nor an actual sale.

An asset pledged to secure a debt. If the borrower fails to meet its obligations, the lender may realise the asset under the contract and applicable law. For Eurosystem operations, collateral must be eligible and its recognised value reflects haircuts and other risk controls. Pledging collateral provides borrowing capacity without creating bank equity.

A reduction applied to the value of a pledged asset to protect the lender against losses when realising collateral. At an unchanged valuation, a higher haircut reduces coverage, requiring more collateral to secure the same borrowing. It is distinct from the interest rate charged on funding and from an accounting loss on the asset.

The Eurosystem framework for assessing the credit quality of collateral, issuers, debtors and guarantors. It defines accepted procedures and assessment systems and maps their assessments to a harmonised quality scale. External rating agencies are one source among several; meeting the credit-quality criterion does not fulfil every collateral eligibility requirement.

A security whose payments depend primarily on cash flows from a pool of claims, such as mortgages, car loans or consumer credit. Securitisation finances the pool through securities whose tranches have different payment priorities and loss exposure. Risk transfer depends on the structure and on which tranches are sold or retained. Retaining an ABS and pledging it as collateral does not itself transfer that risk to an outside investor.

Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation. Adjusted EBITDA adds or subtracts further items whose definitions need checking. This metric does not measure available cash or capital expenditure.

The adjustment of a selling price following a change in an upstream cost or price. Measurement requires a specified product, currency, scope and time horizon. Dividing two weekly price changes does not establish pass-through when observation periods, taxes and other costs differ.

An estimated outcome that would have occurred without an intervention, allowing for other relevant conditions. It provides a comparison with the observed result and depends on the model and its assumptions. A price decline following an announcement alone does not establish the announcement’s effect.

A market structure in which a futures price is below the spot price for a comparable product and market. Immediate physical supply can have industrial value, such as keeping production running. The curve alone does not establish a local shortage or a borrower’s profit; grade, location, timing, transport and financing must also be considered.

A conditional undertaking by a bank to pay against documents that satisfy the agreed terms. A documentary letter of credit supports a transaction; a standby letter of credit generally guarantees payment if the customer fails to perform. Its face amount is a banking commitment and need not equal a cash deposit by the customer.

Ratio of total data-centre energy to IT equipment energy, measured over the same period and boundary. A PUE of 1.30 means 0.30 units for infrastructure per unit consumed by IT. It measures site infrastructure, not algorithm efficiency, server utilisation or revenue from recovered heat.

Value of final goods and services produced within a territory over a period. The expenditure measure combines consumption, investment and government spending with exports, then subtracts imported content already included in those purchases. Higher imports alone do not identify the overall effect on production.

Balance of trade in goods and services, primary income and current transfers with the rest of the world. It equals national saving less investment. A deficit can be financed through liabilities to non-residents or a reduction in foreign assets; it does not identify a particular debt instrument or maturity.

Discounted future cash flows less the initial outlay. It depends on the amounts and timing of cash flows and the chosen discount rate. A positive NPV means the assumed receipts exceed the initial investment in present-value terms; it does not guarantee those receipts will materialise.

Exchange, lending or financing services executed through blockchain contracts. Commercial interfaces, administrative rights and governance can influence access and parameters. Whether an operator holds the user’s keys does not describe the entire organisation of a service.

In Aave’s mechanism, collateral value weighted by liquidation thresholds divided by debt value. Below 1, the position becomes eligible for liquidation. It changes with prices and balances; actual parameters and execution rules depend on the deployment.

A mechanism that requires a delay between scheduling and executing a contract operation. It can provide time to examine a change. Its effect depends on authorised roles, covered operations and configuration; it guarantees neither the absence of other powers nor a liquid exit.

Regulation (EU) 2022/1925 seeking fair and contestable digital markets. It imposes obligations on designated gatekeepers for their core platform services. Article 6(11) requires search data access for other search engines on fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory terms, with anonymisation of the relevant users’ personal data. The GDPR still applies to personal data processing.

Useful heat delivered divided by electricity consumed by a heat pump, using the same measurement boundary. A COP of 2 means two units of heat per unit of electricity; the additional heat comes from an external source. Its value depends on temperatures, load and which auxiliaries are included.

Auction pricing rule under which each successful bidder receives its own offered price, subject to the scheme’s conditions. The ranking price may be adjusted separately: in IF26 an eligible bonus reduces the ranking price by 25% while retaining the requested premium.

Regulation (EU) 2022/2554 on digital operational resilience in finance, applicable since January 17, 2025. It addresses ICT risk, major incidents, testing and ICT supplier relationships for financial entities within its scope. European oversight of critical providers complements each entity’s responsibility to manage its own risks.

An ICT third-party supplier designated as critical by European supervisors under DORA. Designation considers systemic importance, the functions supported and the substitutability of services. It brings the supplier under European oversight; it does not guarantee uninterrupted service.

Support under which a third party, such as the public budget, pays part of the interest on an eligible loan. Borrower costs fall according to the scheme’s base, rate and duration, while principal remains repayable. Support can decline with outstanding principal and end before the loan does.

A collateralised People’s Bank of China funding facility for development and policy banks. It provides resources for fields authorised by the central bank. Its rate and scope govern that funding channel; a budget subsidy on household interest uses a separate channel.

An adjustment in bond prices and yields as financing conditions or expectations change. For a fixed-cash-flow security, a higher required yield lowers its price. Market repricing can be immediate; transmission to the issuer’s interest bill depends on new issues, maturities and rate clauses.

Debt securities issued by the Russian federal government. They provide funding in exchange for future payments governed by each issue’s terms. Fixed and floating coupons allocate interest-rate risk differently. A repo can provide liquidity to the holder of an eligible security, subject to conditions and a valuation haircut.

The value of contracted customer services still to be recognised as revenue. Scope and recognition timing depend on the contracts and accounting rules. RPO is neither available cash nor an earned profit.

A unit generally representing one tonne of CO₂ equivalent reduced or removed by a project under a specified programme and methodology. Its quality depends on additionality, the baseline, storage durability and prevention of double counting. Retirement prevents reuse of the unit; it does not reduce the life-cycle inventory of the product to which a buyer links it.

The requirement that an emissions reduction or removal would not have occurred without the incentive created by carbon-credit revenue. Assessment compares the intervention with a credible trajectory without that funding. A project’s existence and compliance with a methodology do not by themselves establish the size of the additional benefit.

ECB instrument announced in July 2022 for secondary-market purchases in response to unwarranted tensions threatening monetary-policy transmission. The Governing Council assesses fiscal policies and debt sustainability, among other criteria. An excessive deficit procedure alone does not exclude a country taking the required effective corrective action. Activation remains discretionary.

Chainlink’s protocol for communication between blockchains. It carries messages whose attestations are checked at the destination; token contracts then perform the configured operations, such as minting or releasing units. Controls, finality and rights over the asset depend on configuration and legal arrangements.

A rights holder’s share of eligible streams within a defined market and period. In proportional allocation, that share determines its fraction of a royalty pool. Contracts then determine what reaches the creator. Counted artificial streams can dilute other rights holders’ shares.

A market for contracts whose payout depends on the outcome of a defined event. Prices may be interpreted as implied probabilities, subject to liquidity, fees and resolution rules. Legal treatment depends on the contract, operating entity, jurisdiction and customer; US authorisation does not confer access rights in France.

An operator that buys wholesale access to one or more mobile networks to sell its own services, without owning a radio network. It designs its offers and remains responsible for the services supplied to its customers. Its ability to compete depends partly on wholesale prices and the terms for switching host networks.

A company’s purchase of its own shares. Buybacks may reduce shares outstanding or offset issuance, including shares delivered through employee plans. Cash spent, shares repurchased and the net change in shares outstanding measure different effects. The price paid and alternative uses of cash matter when assessing value creation.

Shares in a company’s own equity held by that company. They are excluded from shares outstanding while held, but need not be cancelled: they may be transferred later. IAS 32 deducts treasury shares from equity rather than recognising them as a financial asset.

Compensation settled in, or based on, a company’s equity. Vesting and valuation depend on the plan. For equity-settled awards, the accounting expense is distinct from any cash spent on buybacks. A non-cash expense can coexist with dilution or with cash spent offsetting that dilution.

An index that includes reinvested dividends and subtracts a predefined amount in points or a percentage, according to its methodology. A fixed number of points becomes a larger proportion of the index as its level falls. For a structured note, this level may determine gains and conditional capital protection. The decrement is not a fee directly debited from the investment.

Digital representation of an asset or a legal claim on a programmable ledger. A token may represent the security itself, a certificate issued by a third party or another contractual right. The technology can simplify transfers and settlement; rights, collateral and liquidity depend on the instrument and its legal arrangements.

Income arising from money issuance. For central-bank banknotes, it is the income on the assets held against them, less the costs of producing, distributing and managing the notes. It depends on the assets and accounting framework, and differs from the face value of notes or the gains and losses on a QE portfolio.

A file retaining only the information needed to avoid contacting someone who has objected to direct marketing. Its use is limited to respecting that objection, including preventing renewed contact after a list is imported again.

Automated processing of personal data to evaluate aspects of a person, such as interests, behaviour or movements. A profile may rely on inferences and contain errors. Profiling does not necessarily lead to a fully automated decision; aggregate statistics that do not evaluate individuals are not sufficient to establish profiling.

Identifiers selected under a rule, such as an observed visit, a declared characteristic or a modelled interest. A segment label establishes neither that every person has the characteristic nor that the data may be reused for any purpose.

Tools and components that developers can integrate into an application to add functions such as maps or advertising. Depending on its configuration, a kit may access resources available to the app. Its presence alone establishes neither active data collection nor a data sale.

A real-time advertising auction in which buyers receive information about an available impression and submit a price. Some bid requests may contain device or location data. Receiving a request, winning an auction and having permission to reuse the information are distinct questions.

Raising prices over successive renewals according to a customer’s likelihood of staying or accepting an increase, independently of changes in insured risk or servicing costs. In insurance, the practice can penalise customers who rarely shop around. Increases driven by claims costs involve a different mechanism.

Using software rules to recommend or set prices from inputs such as costs, demand or rivals’ prices. The tool may follow fixed rules or learn from results. Algorithmic pricing does not necessarily involve personalised offers or collusion; its effects depend on the market and how the tools operate.

Cash available for debt service divided by interest and principal payments due over the same period. Below 1, those cash flows do not cover the payments. Contractual definitions vary; the ratio alone measures neither collateral value nor solvency.

Contractual rights allowing lenders, under specified conditions, to intervene in a distressed project or arrange a replacement operator. They can preserve essential operating contracts. Their scope and enforceability depend on governing law and signed agreements; a security interest in equipment does not automatically create them.

An economic activity subject to public-service obligations assigned by a public authority. Compensation may cover the net cost of those obligations under the applicable EU rules. Approval does not establish that money has been disbursed or manufacturing commitments fulfilled.

The substance responsible for a medicine’s effect. Further manufacturing and packaging turn it into the product intended for the patient. Active-ingredient inventory and ready-to-dispense medicine inventory therefore protect different stages of supply.

The risk arising from the timing of investment returns when a portfolio funds withdrawals. Early losses can force the sale of more units, leaving less capital to participate in a recovery. Two sequences with the same compound return may therefore support different incomes. The effect depends on the withdrawal rule and other available resources.

A bond issued by a US company in a foreign currency, including the euro. Its funding cost depends on the reference rate, credit spread and any currency hedge. A lower coupon in another currency does not by itself establish a funding saving.

Proposed US legislation that would, among other things, allocate digital-asset oversight between the SEC and CFTC. A House-passed bill, a negotiating draft and an enacted law have different legal status. A procedural vote does not itself create new obligations.

A procedure limiting Senate debate. For ordinary legislation, the general rule requires three-fifths of senators duly chosen and sworn, or 60 when all 100 seats are filled. Cloture on a motion to take up a bill remains distinct from passing the bill. Other procedures and exceptions exist.

A term for AI models among the most capable available. In a safety-policy discussion, its scope depends on the capabilities and risks being considered. The criteria used by a particular policy or regulation, and the date to which they apply, therefore need to be specified.

An AI model whose weights, the parameters learned during training, are made available so that others can run or adapt it. Permitted uses depend on the licence. Open weights describe a distribution arrangement; they do not by themselves determine how capable the model is.

A life insurance obligation expressed in units whose euro value tracks a financial or property investment. The insurer commits to a number of units; the policyholder bears changes in unit value, subject to any additional contractual guarantees. The policy surrender timetable and the underlying fund’s liquidity are separate questions.

A category of financial assets with recognised credit impairment. The share of a portfolio classified as Stage 3 measures the affected exposure, not the amount irretrievably lost. Provisions, collateral and recoveries need to be examined separately.

An alternative investment fund’s exposure divided by its net asset value. The gross and commitment methods have their own adjustments, so the method and scope must be identified. A fall in net value can raise the ratio without additional borrowing. Exceeding a fund’s leverage ceiling is distinct from missing a bank-loan payment.

A professional SCPI measure dividing debt and other deferred-payment commitments by realisation value plus those same obligations. Interpretation requires the disclosed scope, including any indirect holdings, and the valuation date. It differs from a ratio based on acquisition costs and is not, by itself, a bank-loan covenant test.

An SCPI measure comparing billed rent and certain convention-based rental values with potential rental income. It includes rent-free premises, early access for future tenants and specified vacant or refurbishment categories under the ASPIM method. Weighted by rent, it measures neither occupied floor area nor cash collected.

A period during which rent is not due under the lease terms. It may help a tenant move in and delay receipts while premises are already occupied. It is distinct from arrears and reduces average rental income over the lease term. Other service charges depend on the contract.

The rent stated in the lease before negotiated incentives such as free months or landlord fit-out contributions. Relating it to cash receipts requires the incentive package, firm term, preceding vacancy and other costs. It is not, by itself, net property income.

Annual gross distribution per unit, including exceptional payouts and taxes paid for the investor under the ASPIM methodology, divided by the reference price. Variable-capital funds use the subscription price on 1 January; fixed-capital funds use the preceding year’s transaction-weighted average buyer price. It excludes changes in capital value and is not final personal after-tax income.

In the context of an SCPI, profits from earlier years retained to support future distributions if needed. This is an equity account. Its origin and movements matter, including any transfer from issue premiums. The balance does not guarantee an equivalent amount of available cash.

The estimated market value of a SCPI’s properties plus its other assets, net of liabilities. It is a dated valuation reference, not a standing offer to buy investors’ units or a guarantee of a quick exit.

Realisation value plus the costs of acquiring an equivalent property portfolio, including acquisition costs and the subscription commission. This concerns transactions, not the physical reconstruction of buildings. It provides a reference for issuing new units; it is not a floor under resale prices for existing units.

A société civile de placement immobilier pools investors’ money in a managed portfolio of rental property. Its units are unlisted; income, capital and a quick resale are not guaranteed. For directly held units, exit conditions depend on the vehicle’s variable-capital arrangements or its organised secondary market.

An inventory accounting method that assigns the costs of the most recent purchases to cost of sales first. It describes a cost-flow assumption, without dictating the physical order in which goods leave a warehouse. A valuation difference between methods is not a cash reserve.

High-pressure acid leaching treats selected nickel oxide ores with sulfuric acid at high temperature and pressure to dissolve the metals. Further processing yields an intermediate for refining. Reagent supply and ore characteristics affect plant operation.

A hydroxide precipitate containing nickel and cobalt, produced by selected hydrometallurgical routes. The intermediate can be refined into battery materials. Tonnes of MHP differ from tonnes of contained nickel and from tonnes of pure nickel.

A maritime Incoterm under which the seller pays freight to the named destination port. Risk transfers to the buyer when the goods are placed on board at the port of shipment. CFR imposes no insurance obligation on the seller and does not automatically cover delivery to a plant.

A mining-industry operating-cost measure, generally stated per unit of metal and net of by-product credits. Always check the reported definition, included costs and denominator. At Kamoa-Kakula it is a non-IFRS measure per payable pound of copper produced, distinct from the full cost of the investment.

A 1977 US law granting the president emergency economic powers in response to certain foreign-origin threats. It provides authority for sanctions and transaction restrictions. On February 20, 2026, the Supreme Court held that IEEPA does not authorize the president to impose tariffs. The ruling concerns IEEPA, not every other statutory basis for US tariffs.

The ultimate economic distribution of a tax burden across participants. It may differ from the identity of the legally liable payer. For a tariff, price and margin adjustments can distribute the burden among suppliers, importers and customers. That distribution depends on market conditions and must be estimated.

A document representing ownership of metal in an approved warehouse. On COMEX, the electronic warrant transfers title when a futures contract is delivered. The recipient can leave the metal in storage or request physical withdrawal under the applicable rules. Changing ownership can leave the copper where it is.

The cost of holding an asset for a given period. For metal inventory, this may include funding, storage and insurance. Calculations depend on quantity, duration, units and contractual terms. The opportunity cost of equity funding differs from interest actually charged; physical withdrawal fees depend on the metal being removed.

A central bank operation that offsets the effect of an intervention on banking-system liquidity. After buying foreign currency or gold with domestic currency, the bank can absorb the liquidity created, for example by issuing interest-bearing securities. The interest paid is a cost separate from the result of the initial purchase.

An intervention by a central bank or public institution with effects comparable to government spending, a subsidy or revenue, but recorded outside the central government budget. Moving it into that budget can make the cost more visible without automatically eliminating it.

The monetary value of the advantage provided by support, such as a loan on favourable terms or an underpriced guarantee. For a loan, it depends on the difference from comparable financing terms and the discounting of cash flows. It differs from the principal lent, the exposure guaranteed and the lender’s eventual loss.

A provision that reduces tax revenue relative to a reference tax system. Its estimated cost depends on that benchmark and the available data. Removing it may raise a different amount because taxpayers change their behaviour and tax provisions interact.

A Federal Reserve facility through which approved foreign and international monetary authorities temporarily obtain dollars against Treasuries held at the New York Fed. Repos last overnight or seven calendar days: dollars plus interest must be repaid to recover the securities. This funding of official reserves is distinct from private foreign-currency borrowing.

A facility intended to reward tropical forest conservation. A separate investment fund, TFIF, would invest capital and transfer distributable resources to it. The charter adopted on 22 July 2026 makes forest payments conditional on available resources and reserves at least 20% of each country’s allocation for Indigenous Peoples and local communities.

A category of issuer or debt ratings associated with relatively low assessed default risk. In the scale illustrated by the SEC, it starts at BBB−. Symbols vary by agency. A rating can change and guarantees neither repayment nor resale value. It does not reveal the threshold specified in a particular contract.

Contractual protection based on an agreed minimum value for an asset or lease. The guarantor, which may be the tenant or a third party, covers a defined shortfall after applying contractual conditions and recoveries. The beneficiary, trigger, cap and termination terms vary by agreement. A guarantee alone does not determine the accounting treatment of the financing.

Amounts due that remain unpaid after the applicable deadline. For public procurement, delivery, invoice validation, the due date and settlement are separate stages. A claim awaiting validation cannot automatically be counted as recognised arrears.

A finance provider pays a supplier before the buyer’s agreed due date, then receives the buyer’s payment. Assessment starts with the commercial obligation, transferred rights and cash-flow timetable. An advance against an expected sale also carries the risk that the sale never occurs.

A contract under which a business entrusts its receivables to a specialist institution that may provide financing and manage collection for a fee. The advance, charges and allocation of non-payment risk depend on the contract.

An extrapolation of revenue from a recent period to one year. Multiplying one month’s revenue by twelve gives an annualized pace, assuming it persists. The result depends on scope, discounts and the measurement period; it measures neither revenue already earned during the year nor future purchases guaranteed by contract.

Claims costs and expenses divided by premiums, expressed as a percentage. Below 100%, underwriting generates a surplus; above 100%, costs exceed premiums. The measure excludes investment results and does not measure solvency. Comparisons require the period, business line and reinsurance treatment to be specified.

A French legal regime that extends eligible property-damage policies to specified effects of a natural disaster recognised by decree. A national surcharge funds the scheme. Insurers may transfer part of the risk to CCR, whose unlimited cover benefits from a French state guarantee.

A contract through which an insurer transfers all or part of specified risks to a reinsurer in exchange for a premium. The cover and limits determine which losses are shared. The original insurer remains responsible to its policyholders, including if the reinsurer fails to pay.

Processing that replaces or separates direct identity while retaining additional information that can reconnect the data to a person. Under the GDPR, pseudonymised data remain personal data.

Replacement of data with a surrogate token used in a defined context. An authorised actor can recover the underlying data through a mapping table, whose protection determines the confidentiality of the arrangement.

The accounting boundary within which a parent combines, line by line, the assets, liabilities, income and expenses of entities it controls. Deconsolidation does not make an entity disappear: stakes, commitments and related-party transactions may remain disclosed as investments or separate notes.

A person or entity connected to a company through control, significant influence, common management or another relationship defined by accounting standards. A related-party transaction is not improper by itself, but it requires disclosure and governance suited to the risk of conflicts of interest.

The IFRS fair-value category based on unadjusted quoted prices in an active market for identical assets or liabilities. It is the tier least dependent on a valuation model.

The IFRS fair-value category using observable inputs other than a direct quoted price for the identical asset, such as rates, spreads, curves or prices of comparable instruments.

The IFRS fair-value category in which significant unobservable inputs enter the model. It signals more estimation uncertainty and judgement, not necessarily a loss or an impaired asset.

The gap between a long bond's yield and the expected return from rolling short-term investments over the same horizon. This compensation for interest-rate risk is estimated with models such as ACM and Kim–Wright, whose results can differ and be revised. It can be negative when investors value the bond's hedging properties. The yield-curve slope does not measure it directly.

A measure of how much a bond's price moves when rates change. The higher the duration, the more market value a rise in yields destroys. It turns stress on long rates into balance-sheet risk for holders of long debt.

The auction through which the US Treasury issues its debt. Single-price format: bidders submit yields and every winner pays the yield that clears the sale. Reading one rests on the bid-to-cover, the tail and the share taken by primary dealers.

The ratio of total bids received at an auction to the amount sold. A volume signal of demand: above 2, appetite is judged solid; below, weak.

A bank designated by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, required to bid at every Treasury auction and make markets in the secondary market. About twenty in total. A high dealer takedown, the share left with dealers, signals weak final demand.

The set of government yields across maturities. Normally upward-sloping; its inversion, short rates above long rates, preceded each of the last eight US recessions. Its slope informs as much as its level.

The implied-volatility index of the US government bond market, the bond equivalent of the equity VIX. Quoted in basis points; below 80, a calm market, above 120, strain. A high MOVE signals rate stress and serves as a proxy for the term premium.

The US federal government checking account at the Federal Reserve. When it fills (debt issuance), it drains bank reserves; when it falls (spending), it injects them back.

The sale of a security with an agreement to repurchase it on agreed terms. Economically, it provides financing secured by that security. A repo can be overnight, longer term or open-ended; the repo rate and the collateral haircut are distinct parameters.

A leveraged arbitrage that captures the price gap between a cash Treasury bond and its futures contract: buy the cash bond, sell the future, fund in repo. It supplies liquidity in normal times and amplifies stress in a forced unwind.

The independent, non-partisan budget agency of the US Congress, created in 1974. It recommends no policy but prices the consequences of each. Its projections serve as the common reference, under current-law assumptions.

Loans extended directly by non-bank managers to companies, with no listing and no active secondary market. An illiquid, lightly regulated, model-marked market of about $1.3 trillion in the United States.

A US financing company investing in debt and equity of generally small or mid-sized businesses. BDCs can be publicly traded or non-traded. Liquidity, leverage and repurchase terms depend on the structure.

A semi-liquid fund that allows redemptions only through periodic, capped windows, while holding illiquid assets, hence a gating risk when exits pile up.

The value of a fund's assets minus its liabilities. For private funds it is estimated rather than quoted, hence the opacity questions.

A loan taken by a fund against the net asset value of its whole portfolio, often to finance follow-on investments or distributions. Leverage added at the fund level, on top of the debt of the companies held, and barely visible to end investors. Typical advance rate of 5 to 25% of NAV, cross-collateralised on the entire portfolio.

Compensation in kind: interest added to a debt claim or dividends paid in securities, without immediate cash payment. PIK may be part of the original contract; its presence alone does not establish financial distress.

The Fitch index measuring the default rate across roughly 1,200 middle-market borrowers in private credit. A broadened measure of default, more complete than missed payments alone.

A cryptoasset designed to maintain a stable value against a reference, often a currency. That target depends on its mechanism, any reserves and redemption rights. The stablecoin label alone guarantees neither a market price at par nor redemption available to every holder.

A stablecoin issued by Tether that targets one US dollar per token. Direct redemption through Tether is subject to eligibility, verification and minimum-amount requirements. The issuer retains freezing powers, including over tokens held in a personal wallet.

A Circle token designed to maintain one U.S. dollar per unit. Direct redemption depends on the legal framework and applicable procedure: an eligible Circle Mint account outside the EEA, and Circle France’s procedure for EEA holders. Holding USDC alone does not set the date dollars reach a bank account.

Real-world assets (bonds, real estate) tokenised on a blockchain to be traded on-chain.

The fractioning of a property into tokens tradable on-chain, each building housed in a dedicated company (often an LLC) whose shares are tokenised, with rent paid out in stablecoins. Its specific flaw: the token is only worth something if the off-chain title (deed, land registry, tax) actually follows, as the 2026 liquidation of RealT exposed. Still marginal (under $100m on-chain) next to tokenised financial claims.

An issuer status established by the GENIUS Act: an approved subsidiary of an insured depository institution, a federally qualified issuer or a state-qualified issuer, subject to the Act’s conditions. The restriction on US issuance takes effect with the new regime; an existing bank charter alone does not confer PPSI approval.

The US payment-stablecoin law enacted on July 18, 2025, establishing an issuer approval, reserve and oversight regime. Section 20 sets its effective date as the earlier of January 18, 2027, or 120 days after the primary federal payment-stablecoin regulators issue final implementing regulations.

The situation in which the weight of public debt constrains monetary policy: the central bank hesitates to raise or hold rates high for fear of making the debt unsustainable, letting inflation erode its value instead. The opposite of a central bank free in its choices.

Japan's central bank. It sets Japanese monetary policy, steers asset purchases or sales, and can act as operational agent in currency interventions decided by the Ministry of Finance.

Japan's finance ministry. The authority responsible for exchange-rate policy and decisions to intervene on the yen.

The strategy of borrowing in yen, a historically low-yielding currency, to buy assets or currencies offering a higher return. It works as long as the yen stays weak and volatility stays contained.

The US benchmark crude, quoted in New York. With Brent, one of the two global reference prices.

The global benchmark crude, sourced from the North Sea and quoted in London. With WTI, one of the two reference prices of the oil market.

A narrow maritime passage through which a major share of a global flow transits: Hormuz (oil, LNG), Malacca, Suez, Panama, Bab el-Mandeb. Its concentration creates great efficiency in normal times and acute vulnerability when blocked, for lack of adequate alternatives.

The Dutch wholesale natural gas market, Europe's reference gas price, quoted in euros per megawatt-hour. LNG often sets the marginal price there, which makes the TTF highly sensitive to supply disruptions, as during the 2026 Hormuz crisis.

The concentrated form of uranium out of the mine, the "yellowcake", the market's reference unit. Uranium is priced in dollars per pound of U3O8, spot and above all long-term (reactor operators' contracts).

The compound obtained by converting uranium oxide, gaseous once heated, the only form enrichment plants can process. Conversion is a distinct step of the fuel cycle, with its own market and its own bottlenecks.

The unit measuring the enrichment effort needed to raise the uranium-235 content. The enrichment market is counted in SWU; Russia concentrates a large share of world capacity.

Low-enriched uranium of high assay, between 5 and 20% uranium-235, the fuel required by most small modular and advanced reactors. Long supplied commercially by Russia alone, it is the main bottleneck of the Western nuclear revival.

A small, low-power modular reactor designed for series production and faster deployment than a large plant. Central to plans for powering AI data centres, though the first commercial units are not expected before the early 2030s.

The value of a utility's property on which the regulator allows it to earn a return. When a line, substation or plant enters the rate base, depreciation and the allowed return are recovered through rates.

An asset that is built or financed but loses the use or revenue needed for full recovery. For an abandoned data centre, it may be a line or substation that is difficult to reassign.

A clause requiring payment for a minimum quantity or reserved capacity even when the customer uses less. The minimum, exceptions and service conditions depend on the agreement. It reduces the supplier’s exposure to usage volumes while leaving customer default risk and the supplier’s performance obligations in place.

The producers cartel (Saudi Arabia and others) that coordinates production quotas to influence the price of the barrel.

OPEC plus around ten non-member producers, including Russia, coordinating quotas since late 2016. Its decisions now weigh as much as OPEC's alone: the group raised output by nearly 600,000 barrels a day between April and June 2026, then by another 188,000 in July.

A paid agreement reserving access to oil specified by quantity, product, location and period. The right to acquire or take delivery depends on the agreed terms. Before purchase, the oil remains with its owner; the seller excludes the reserved quantity from coverage of its own obligation. A ticket allocates rights over physical inventory without creating more oil.

In the United States, the Strategic Petroleum Reserve is a federal crude stockpile held in salt caverns to respond to supply disruptions. Other countries’ emergency systems may also include refined products owned by the government, an agency or companies subject to stockholding obligations. Crude still needs refining; product mix, transport and available capacity determine the fuel delivered. Loaned oil becomes a claim on future repayment; it is available in the reserve again after its physical return.

A clearing house that interposes itself between buyer and seller and becomes the counterparty to each trade. It reduces counterparty risk and organises default management, at the cost of more systematic margin calls.

A request for additional cash or collateral when the value or risk of a position changes. It may be variation margin settling the current loss or an increase in initial margin covering a potential loss after default.

Cash or liquid securities posted at inception and during a position to cover a potential loss while a defaulting participant is closed out. Its amount depends on risk, volatility and recognised portfolio offsets.

A payment, generally daily and in cash for cleared derivatives, that settles gains and losses caused by the new market value. It resets current exposure between counterparties to zero but can create an immediate cash need.

A firm that settles margins and obligations for its own positions and those of its clients at a central counterparty. If a client misses a margin call, the member still owes the clearing house and bears step-in liquidity risk.

The highest-quality regulatory capital, including common shares and retained earnings after prudential adjustments. The CET1 ratio divides that amount by risk-weighted assets; capital and its ratio are distinct measures.

The US Treasury office that administers and enforces economic sanctions, including asset blocking and the SDN List.

Measures that force a non-US person or bank to choose between specified dealings with a sanctioned target and important access to the United States, including dollar correspondent accounts. They use access to the US market and financial system as leverage.

The CFTC's weekly report detailing open positions on US futures markets by trader category. Published Friday at 3:30 p.m. New York time, on data as of the preceding Tuesday, a three-day lag.

The risk of reinvesting repaid capital or income on less rewarding terms. Early repayment can shorten the life of an attractive loan; future income then depends on the reinvestment delay, new rate, fees and risk accepted.

Additional Tier 1 regulatory capital. Subordinated, perpetual instruments whose distributions can be cancelled and whose principal can be converted or written down under the applicable terms. Tier 1 combines CET1 and AT1, with different loss-absorption mechanisms.

Funding a subsidiary’s equity partly with debt issued by its parent. The subsidiary receives equity while the parent retains a repayment obligation. A fall in the investment’s value can therefore reduce the parent’s capital.

A vehicle that finances directly or indirectly held fund interests by issuing debt and equity. Fund distributions pay investors in a contractual order. Subordination allocates losses; reserves and liquidity facilities address cash-flow timing. Here CFO refers to the financing structure, rather than a company’s chief financial officer.

Consumer Price Index, the market-moving U.S. inflation release from the BLS.

Personal Consumption Expenditures Price Index, the inflation gauge targeted by the Federal Reserve.

The total value of goods and services produced within an economy over a period. It is the standard measure of aggregate economic activity.

The balance of an economy’s trade in goods and services, primary income and secondary income with the rest of the world. A deficit must be financed through the financial account or reserve movements.

A six-digit international commodity classification administered by the World Customs Organization. It supports trade statistics and tariffs, but does not by itself establish a product’s exact grade, composition or final use.

Cash tied up in the operating cycle: inventories and customer receivables, less supplier credit and other operating liabilities. A profitable activity can still run short of liquidity when purchases are paid well before sales are collected.

Maintenance, repair and overhaul: work that keeps or returns an aircraft, engine or component to service. MRO turnaround includes queueing, parts availability, workshop time and return-to-service steps; it is neither a lease price nor a profit measure.

The BEA measure of real consumer spending plus private fixed investment, excluding inventories, government spending and net exports.

Nonfarm payrolls, the headline job-creation figure in the U.S. Employment Situation report.

Job openings, hires, quits and layoffs: the flow view beneath the payroll headline.

The annual SEC report: business, risks, management discussion, audited financials and notes.

Quarterly long-position disclosure for large institutional investment managers.

Two-business-day disclosure of insider transactions by executives, directors and 10% holders.

Beneficial-ownership filings above 5%: activist intent versus passive holding.

The Treasury General Account at the Fed: when it fills, it drains reserves; when it spends, it releases cash.

A state fails to pay according to the promised terms, or imposes an exchange that materially reduces the claim. Default can cover one payment, one bond class or one currency rather than all public debt.

A negotiated or coercive change to public-debt terms, including lower principal or coupons, longer maturities or a grace period. It can occur before or after a formal default.

The creditor's economic loss in a public-debt restructuring, measured against the value of the old claim. It includes delayed and reduced payments, not only a cut in face value.

A sovereign-bond clause allowing a qualified creditor majority to approve a restructuring that binds the affected minority, reducing holdout power without creating an international bankruptcy court.

A U.S. Treasury secondary-market repurchase of an outstanding security. The bond is retired, but net debt does not automatically fall because Treasury must fund the payment, normally through other issuance.

Central-bank purchases of short securities used to supply bank reserves and control overnight rates. The Fed sizes them for reserve demand rather than to lower long-term yields, distinguishing them from QE.

Large central-bank asset purchases intended to remove duration or credit risk and ease broad financial conditions, usually when policy rates are near their lower bound.

A policy that announces a yield target or band at a specific maturity and buys the quantity required to defend it. The United States was not operating YCC in August 2026.

The ECB Public Sector Purchase Programme for secondary-market public-sector securities. Its capital-key allocation and risk-sharing rules do not turn national bonds into common federal debt.

The average balance euro area banks must hold at their national central bank. The ratio was 1% of selected short-term liabilities in August 2026, remunerated at 0%.

A regulated payment service provider, such as a bank, payment institution or electronic-money institution. In the digital euro design, PSPs would distribute the money and manage customer-facing accounts, identity checks and support.

A signed proof used by a remote service to assess app integrity, environment state or key protection. It does not prove complete device security or the owner’s identity; reliability also depends on the trust root, validation policy and remedy for false rejection.

A commercial journey in which an AI agent participates in search, ranking, basket creation or payment for a user. The label covers everything from advice to autonomous purchasing under a mandate, so human presence and spending limits must be stated.

Agentic Payment Protocol, an open protocol for securing agent-executed payments with checkout and payment mandates. Version 0.2 separates human-present and autonomous flows, while leaving product selection and the commerce protocol outside its scope.

Central bank reserves held above minimum requirements. Abundance keeps overnight rates close to the ECB deposit facility rate.

Reverse repo facility, a money-market cash absorber and former liquidity buffer.

Secured Overnight Financing Rate, the transaction-based overnight Treasury repo benchmark.

Option-adjusted spread, the reference credit spread measure used by ICE BofA indices.

Short-Term Liquid Assets Ratio: cash, short T-bills, short US repo and US STIVs divided by a fund's net assets. A research measure, not a regulatory minimum.

Short-Term Investment Vehicle, the N-PORT category for money funds, liquidity pools and other cash-management vehicles.

Implied volatility of S&P 500 options over roughly 30 days.

Implied volatility of Treasury options, the bond-market fear gauge.

U.S. Dollar Index, a narrow dollar basket heavily weighted toward the euro.

The hidden premium for synthetic dollar funding through FX swaps.

The European Union crypto-asset regulation covering EMTs, ARTs and CASPs.

The U.S. federal payment-stablecoin framework enacted in 2025.

U.S. sanctions enforcement and the list of blocked persons, entities and sometimes crypto addresses.

China’s cross-border RMB payment, clearing and settlement infrastructure. Unlike SWIFT, which mainly carries multi-currency financial messages, CIPS processes RMB payments; their transaction values are not comparable market shares.

Anti-money-laundering controls combining customer due diligence, transaction monitoring, escalation and regulatory reporting. An AML alert is a signal to investigate, not criminal proof.

Know Your Customer: identity, beneficial ownership, source of funds, expected activity and the risk profile that determines due diligence.

A confidential Suspicious Activity Report filed with FinCEN. It flags activity for authorities but is neither an accusation nor proof that all reported funds are criminal.

Total value locked in DeFi protocols, useful but prone to price effects and double counting.

Market value to realized value, an on-chain valuation ratio often used for Bitcoin cycle regimes.

Yellowcake uranium, the market unit quoted in dollars per pound.

The two dominant crude-oil benchmarks: maritime global Brent versus inland U.S. WTI.