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Abbreviations
A
bbreviation Brief description
A
A$ Australian dollar
ABS1 Asset-backed security
ACF Advances to core funding
ADR American Depositary Receipt
ADS American Depositary Share
AIEA Average interest-earning assets
ALCM Asset, Liability and Capital Management
ALCO Asset and Liability Management Committee
AML Anti-money laundering
ARM1 Adjustable-rate mortgage
ARS Argentine peso
AUM Assets under management
B
Barion Barion Funding Limited, a term-funding vehicle
Basel Committee Basel Committee on Banking Supervision
Basel II1 2006 Basel Capital Accord
Basel III1 Basel Committee’s reforms to strengthen global capital and liquidity rules
BBA British Bankers’ Association
BoCom Bank of Communications Co., Limited, one of China’s largest banks
BoE Bank of England
Bps1 Basis points. One basis point is equal to one-hundredth of a percentage point
BRL Brazilian real
BSA Bank Secrecy Act (US)
BSM Balance Sheet Management
BVI British Virgin Islands
C
CA$ Canadian dollar
CAPM Capital Asset Pricing Model
CCA Consumer Credit Act (UK)
CCB1 Capital conservation buffer
CCR1 Counterparty credit risk
CCyB1 Countercyclical capital buffer
CDS1 Credit default swap
CEA Commodities Exchange Act (US)
CET11 Common equity tier 1
CGU Cash-generating unit
CMB Commercial Banking, a global business
CML1 Consumer and Mortgage Lending (US)
COSO 2013 Committee of the Sponsors of the Treadway Commission (US)
CP1 Commercial paper
CRD1 Capital Requirements Directive
CRR1 Customer risk rating
CRR/CRD IV Capital Requirements Regulation and Directive
CVA1 Credit valuation adjustment
D
DANY DPA Two-year deferred prosecution agreement with the New York County District Attorney (US)
Decision One Decision One Mortgage Company LLC
Deferred Shares Awards of Deferred Shares define the number of HSBC Holdings ordinary shares to which the employee will become
entitled, generally between one and three years from the date of the award, and normally subject to the individual
remaining in employment
Dodd-Frank Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (US)
DoJ Department of Justice (US)
DPA Deferred Prosecution Agreement (US)
DPF Discretionary participation feature of insurance and investment contracts
DVA1 Debit valuation adjustment
E
EAD1 Exposure at default
EBA European Banking Authority
EC European Commission
ECB European Central Bank
EGP Egyptian pound
EL1 Expected loss
EMIR European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EU)