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A

ABF1 (Regional)
ABF2 (Regional)
ABMI (Regional)
Absolute Priority Rule
Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority (ACRA) (Singapore)
Accrued Interest
ADB (Regional)
ADBI (Regional)
Adjustable-Rate Mortgage
Agency Pass-Throughs
ALBI (Regional)
Amortization Schedule
Amortized Cost
Amortizing Securities
AMS/3 (Hong Kong, China)
Arbitrage
Arirang bonds (Korea, Republic of)
ASEAN (Regional)
ASEAN+3 (Regional)
Asia Cooperation Dialogue (ACD) Asian Bond Market Development Initiative
Asia Securities Industry & Financial Markets Association (ASIFMA)
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Regional Bond Market Initiative (RBMI)
Asian Bond Fund 1 (ABF1) (Regional)
Asian Bond Fund 2 (ABF2) (Regional)
Asian Bond Markets Initiative (ABMI) (Regional)
Asian Development Bank (ADB) (Regional)
Asian Local Bond Index (ALBI) (Regional)
Asian US Dollar Bond Index (ADBI) (Regional)
Ask
Asset-Backed Security
Asset-Pooling Firms
Association of National Numbering Agencies (ANNA)
Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) (Regional)
At-a-Discount
At-a-Premium
At-Par
Auction
Audit and Accounting Standards
Authorized Institutions (AIs) (Hong Kong, China)
Automated Debt Auction Processing Systems (ADAPS) (Philippines)
Automatic/Autopilot Adjustment Mechanism (AAM) (Hong Kong, China)
Available-for-Sale
 

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B

B Share (China, People's Rep. of)
BAHTNET (Thailand)
Bai' Bithaman Ajil (BBA) (Deferred-Payment Sale) (Malaysia)
Bai' Dayn (Debt Trading) (Malaysia)
Bai' Inah (Sale with Immediate Repurchase) (Malaysia)
Bai' Istijrar (Supply Sale) (Malaysia)
Bai' Muzayadah (Open-Bidding Trading) (Malaysia)
Bai' Salam (Advance Purchase) (Malaysia)
Bai' Wafa' (Sale and Repurchase) (Malaysia)
Balloon Mortgages
Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) (Philippines)
Bangkok Interbank Offered Rate (BIBOR) (Thailand)
Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam (BIDV) (Viet Nam)
Bank Indonesia (BI) (Indonesia)
Bank Indonesia - Scripless Securities Settlement System (BI-SSSS) (Indonesia)
Bank Indonesia Certificates (Indonesia)
Bank Indonesia Wadiah Certificates (SWBI) (Indonesia)
Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) (Malaysia)
Bank Negara Monetary Notes (BNMN) (Malaysia)
Bank of Japan (BOJ) (Japan)
Bank of Korea (BOK) (Korea, Republic of)
Bank of Korea Financial Wire Network (BOK-WIRE) (Korea, Republic of)
Bank of Thailand (BOT) (Thailand)
Bank of Thailand Automatic High-Volume Transaction Network (BAHTNET) (Thailand)
Bank of the Lao PDR (BOL) (Lao PDR)
Bankers Association of the Philippines (BAP) (Philippines)
Banking Ordinance (Hong Kong, China)
Bankruptcy
Bankruptcy Law
Bankruptcy Remote
BAPEPAM (Indonesia)
Basel Accord
Basis Point (bp)
Benchmark
Benchmark Bond
Berhad (Brunei Darussalam)
BEX (Thailand)
BI (Indonesia)
BI-SSSS (Indonesia)
BIBOR (Thailand)
Bid
Bid-Ask Spread
BIDS (Malaysia)
Bill
BN (Brunei Darussalam)
BND (Brunei Darussalam)
BNM (Malaysia)
BOK (Korea, Republic of)
Bond
Bond Electronic Exchange (BEX) (Thailand)
Bond Horizon
Bond Identification
Bond Indexing
Bond Information and Dissemination System (BIDS) (Malaysia)
Bond Investment Booking
Bond Issuance Procedures
Bond Prospectus
Bond Trading
Bondholder Rights
Bonds Turnover Ratio
Book Valuation
BOT (Thailand)
BOT Bonds (Thailand)
Broker-Dealer
Brunei Currency and Monetary Board (Brunei Darussalam)
Brunei Darussalam Institute of Certified Public Accountants (BICPA) (Brunei Darussalam)
Brunei Economic Development Board (BEDB) (Brunei Darussalam)
Brunei International Financial Centre (BIFC) (Brunei Darussalam)
Brunei's International Banking Order (Brunei Darussalam)
BSM (Malaysia)
Bureau of the Treasury (BTr) (Philippines)
Bursa Malaysia (Malaysia)
Bursa Malaysia Derivatives (Malaysia)
 

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C

C-BEST (Indonesia)
Cagamas (Malaysia)
Cagamas Instruments (Malaysia)
Call Feature
Call Option
Call Price
Call Risk
Call Schedule
Cambodia Ministry of Economy and Finance (Cambodia)
Capital Inflow
Capital Market Roadmap (Viet Nam)
Capital Market Supervisory Agency (BAPEPAM) (Indonesia)
Capital Outflow
Cash Flow
Cash Flow Yield
CBRC (China, People's Rep. of)
CCDG (Indonesia)
CDC (China, People's Rep. of)
Ceiling interest rate (Viet Nam)
Cell Approach (Stratified Sampling)
Center for Government Bond Management (CGBM) (Indonesia)
Central Bank
Central Bank of Myanmar (CBM) (Myanmar)
Central Clearing and Settlement System (CCASS) (Hong Kong, China)
Central Depository
Central Depository (Pte) Ltd (CDP) (Singapore)
Central Depository and Book-Entry Settlement System (C-BEST) (Indonesia)
Central Monetary Authority Issuance
Central Moneymarkets Unit (CMU) (Hong Kong, China)
Central or National Government Issuance
Central project bonds (Viet Nam)
CEPA (Hong Kong, China)
CFETS (China, People's Rep. of)
Chaebol (Korea, Republic of)
CHATS (Hong Kong, China)
Chiang Mai Initiative (CMI) (Regional)
China Accounting Standards Committee (CASC) (China, People's Rep. of)
China Aggregate Bond Index (China, People's Rep. of)
China Association of Banks (CAB) (China, People's Rep. of)
China Banking Regulatory Commission (CBRC) (China, People's Rep. of)
China Foreign Exchange Trade System (CFETS) (China, People's Rep. of)
China Government Securities Depository Trust & Clearing Co. Ltd. (CDC) (China, People's Rep. of)
China Ministry of Finance (MoF) (China, People's Rep. of)
China Securities Regulation Commission (CSRC) (China, People's Rep. of)
Clean Price
Clearing and Settlement Ordinance (Hong Kong, China)
Clearing House Automated Transfer System (CHATS) (Hong Kong, China)
Clearstream
Closer Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) (Hong Kong, China)
CMU (Hong Kong, China)
CN (China, People's Rep. of)
CNY (China, People's Rep. of)
Collateralized Debt Obligations
Collateralized Mortgage Obligation
Collective Investment Contract
Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities (CMBS)
Commercial Paper
Committee Uniform Securities Identification Procedure (CUSIP)
Compulsory Winding Up
Concessionary Tax
Conforming Mortgage
Contracts Law
Convertible Bond
Convexity
Core Inflation
Corporate Bond
Corporate Governance
Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) (Cambodia)
Coupon or Nominal Rate
Credit Default Swap (CDS)
Credit Enhancement
Credit Risk
Credit Spread
Cross-Border Portfolio Investments
Cross-Currency Swap
CSI (Regional)
CSRC (China, People's Rep. of)
CULS (Malaysia)
Currency Board System (Hong Kong, China)
Currency Exchange Controls
Currency Ordinance (Hong Kong, China)
Current Yield
Custodian
 

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D

Daiwa Bond Index (DBI) (Japan)
Danaharta bonds (Malaysia)
Danamodal bonds (Malaysia)
Debentures (Thailand)
Debt Asset Trading Corporation (DATC) (Viet Nam)
Debtor in Possession
Deferred-Coupon Bonds
Defined-Benefit Plan
Defined-Contribution Plan
Delivery-versus-Payment (DvP) basis
Department of Domestic and Foreign Investment (DDFI) (Lao PDR)
Department of Finance (DOF) (Philippines)
Deposit Rate
Deposit-taking companies (DTCs) (Hong Kong, China)
Depository Account
Derivative Clearing and Settlement System (DCASS) (Hong Kong, China)
Derivatives
Development Assistance Fund (DAF) (Viet Nam)
DFP (Regional)
Discount Rate
Discount Window (Hong Kong, China)
Discount Window Base Rate
Distribution of Assets
Documentary Stamp Tax (DST) (Philippines)
Doi moi (Viet Nam)
Dollar Linked Peso Notes (DLPNs) (Philippines)
Domestic or Foreign Corporation Issuance
DOMSOR (Thailand)
Dragon bond (Japan)
DTCs (Hong Kong, China)
Duration
DVP (Regional)
 

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E

Economic Indicators
EFBNs (Hong Kong, China)
EFBs (Hong Kong, China)
EFNs (Hong Kong, China)
Electronic Book-Entry Clearing System
Embedded Options
EMEAP (Regional)
EMEAP Asian Bond Fund (ABF)
Employees Provident Fund (EPF) (Malaysia)
Enhanced Indexing Strategy
Equitization (Viet Nam)
Ethics
Eurobonds (Regional)
Euroclear
Exchange Fund (Hong Kong, China)
Exchange Fund Bills (EFBs) (Hong Kong, China)
Exchange Fund Bills and Notes (EFBNs) (Hong Kong, China)
Exchange Fund Bills and Notes Fixings (Hong Kong, China)
Exchange Fund Notes (EFNs) (Hong Kong, China)
Exchange Fund Ordinance (Hong Kong, China)
Exchange or a Trading Platform
Exchange-Rate Risk
Exchangeable Bond
Executives' Meeting of East Asia-Pacific Central Banks (EMEAP) (Regional)
 

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F

Facility Agent (FA) / Lead Arranger (LA) (Malaysia)
Fair-Value Accounting Standard
FAST (Malaysia)
Fed (Regional)
Federation of Accounting Professions (Thailand)
FIDF Bonds (Thailand)
Financial Asset Class
Financial Debentures (Korea, Republic of)
Financial Fraud Prevention
Financial Institution Issuance
Financial Licensing
Financial Sector Blueprint (Cambodia)
Financial Services Agency (FSA) (Japan)
Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) (Korea, Republic of)
Financing bills (FB) (Japan)
Fitch Ratings (Thailand) (Thailand)
Fixed Exchange Rate Regime
Fixed Income Exchange Infrastructure (FIE) (Philippines)
Fixed Income Traders Workstation (FITW) (Philippines)
Fixed Income Trading System (FITS) (Indonesia)
Fixed Rate Treasury Notes (FXTNs) (Philippines)
Fixed-Coupon Bond
Fixing Banks (Philippines)
Floating-Rate Bond
FoBF (Regional)
Focal Group (FG)
Foreign Currency Denominated Security
Foreign Exchange (Forex or FX)
Foreign Exchange Stabilization Bonds (FESBs) (Korea, Republic of)
Foreign-invested enterprise (Viet Nam)
Forward Forex Rates
Fourteen day (14-day) repurchase rate (Thailand)
Free-Float Exchange Regime
FSS (Korea, Republic of)
Full or Dirty Price
Fully Automated System for Issuing/Tendering (FAST) (Malaysia)
Fund of Bond Funds (FoFB) (Regional)
Funding and Hedging
Future Value
Futures Turnover Ratio
 

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G

General Investors
Gensaki Market (Japan)
Global Credit Rating Agency
Good-til-cancelled (GTC) (Philippines)
Government Investment Issues (GII) (Malaysia)
Government or Sovereign Bond
Government Pension Fund (Thailand)
Government Securities Eligible Dealer (GSED) (Philippines)
Government Securities Maturity Profile
Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) (Philippines)
Government-guaranteed bonds (Viet Nam)
Government-Owned and Controlled Corporation (GOCC) (Philippines)
Grain Security Bonds (Korea, Republic of)
Greater Mekong Subregion (Regional)
Gross Domestic Product
Gross or Net Issuance for the Period
Growing-Equity Mortgage
 

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H

H Share (China, People's Rep. of)
Hak Tamalluk (Ownership Right) (Malaysia)
Hang Seng Index (HSI) (Hong Kong, China)
Hanoi Securities Trading Center (HaSTC) (Viet Nam)
HaSTC (Viet Nam)
Headline Inflation
Hedge Bond
Hedge Position
Hedging
Held-for-Trading
Held-to-Maturity
Hibah (Gift) (Malaysia)
HIBOR (Hong Kong, China)
Highway Construction bonds (Korea, Republic of)
HIMDASUN (Indonesia)
Hiwalah (Remittance) (Malaysia)
HK (Hong Kong, China)
HKAB (Hong Kong, China)
HKATS (Hong Kong, China)
HKCMA (Hong Kong, China)
HKD (Hong Kong, China)
HKEx (Hong Kong, China)
HKICL (Hong Kong, China)
HKMA (Hong Kong, China)
HKSFC (Hong Kong, China)
Ho Chi Minh City Investment for Urban Development (HIFU) (Viet Nam)
Ho Chi Minh City Securities Trading Center (HSTC) (Viet Nam)
Hong Kong Association of Banks (HKAB) (Hong Kong, China)
Hong Kong Automated Trading System (HKATS) (Hong Kong, China)
Hong Kong Capital Markets Association (HKCMA) (Hong Kong, China)
Hong Kong Interbank Clearing Limited (HKICL) (Hong Kong, China)
Hong Kong Interbank Offered Rate (HIBOR) (Hong Kong, China)
Hong Kong Monetary Authority (Hong Kong, China)
Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) (Hong Kong, China)
Hong Kong Mortgage Corporation Limited (HKMC) (Hong Kong, China)
Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (HKSFC) (Hong Kong, China)
Hong Kong Stock Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) (Hong Kong, China)
Horizon Analysis
Horizon Return
Housing Bonds (Korea, Republic of)
HSI (Hong Kong, China)
HSTC (Viet Nam)
Hybrid Bond
 

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I

IBRA (Indonesia)
Ibra' (Rebate) (Malaysia)
ICULS (Malaysia)
ID (Indonesia)
IDR (Indonesia)
IFIDA (Indonesia)
IGSTS (Indonesia)
IGSYC (Indonesia)
Ijarah (Leasing) (Malaysia)
Ijarah Thumma Bai (Lease to Purchase) (Malaysia)
Index
Index-Linked Bond
Indonesia Council on Corporate Disclosure and Governance (CCDG) (Indonesia)
Indonesia Hedge bonds (Indonesia)
Indonesia Ministry of Finance (MOF) (Indonesia)
Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency (IBRA) (Indonesia)
Indonesian Capital Market Blueprint (Indonesia)
Indonesian Clearing and Guarantee Corporation (KPEI) (Indonesia)
Indonesian Debt Restructuring Agency (INDRA) (Indonesia)
Indonesian Fixed Income Dealer Association (IFIDA) (Indonesia)
Indonesian Government Bond Index (IGBX) (Indonesia)
Indonesian Government Securities Inter Dealer Association (HIMDASUN) (Indonesia)
Indonesian Government Securities Trading System (IGSTS) (Indonesia)
Indonesian Government Securities Yield Curve (IGSYC) (Indonesia)
Indonesian Institute of Accountants (Indonesia)
Indonesian Ulama Council (Indonesia)
INDRA (Indonesia)
Inflation Rate
Inflation Risk
Inflation-Indexed Bonds (Japan)
Insider Trading
Institute of Certified Accountants and Auditors of Thailand (ICAAT) (Thailand)
Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Singapore (ICPAS) (Singapore)
Instrument
Inter-Bank Offered Rate
Inter-Bank Transactions
Inter-dealer brokers (Korea, Republic of)
Interbank Bond Index (China, People's Rep. of)
Interbank Funds Transfer System (IFTS) (Malaysia)
Interest Income Taxation
Interest Rate Agreements
Interest Rate Futures Contract
Interest Rate Options
Interest Rate Spread
Interest Rate Swap
Interest-on-Interest Component
Interest-Rate Risk
Intermediary
Intermediate Term
International Accounting Standards
International Accounting Standards Board
International Brunei Exchange Ltd. (IBX) (Brunei Darussalam)
International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS)
International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO)
International Reserves
International Securities Identification Number (ISIN)
International Securities Indentification Number (ISIN) (Regional)
Inverse-Floating-Rate Bond
Investment bonds (Viet Nam)
Investment Houses Association of the Philippines (Philippines)
Investment Manager
Investor
Investor Participation Programs
Investor Protection
Islamic banking (Malaysia)
Islamic Capital Market (Malaysia)
Islamic Finance
Islamic Financial Institutions
Islamic Financial Services
Islamic funds (Malaysia)
Islamic securities (Malaysia)
Issuance agents (Viet Nam)
Issuance Calendar
Issuance Indicators
Issuance Licensing
Issue or Issuer Concentration Ratio
Issuer
Istisna' (Purchase Order) (Malaysia)
Ittifaq Dhimni (Pre-Agreed Contract) (Malaysia)
 

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J

Jakarta Futures Exchange (JFX) (Indonesia)
Jakarta Initiative Task Force (JITF) (Indonesia)
Jakarta Interbank Offered Rate (JIBOR) (Indonesia)
Jakarta Stock Exchange (JSX) (Indonesia)
Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) (Japan)
Japan Credit Rating Agency, Ltd. (JCR) (Japan)
Japan maruyu and special maruyu program (Japan)
Japan Ministry of Finance (MOF) (Japan)
Japan Securities Dealers Association (JSDA) (Japan)
Japanese Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation System (JASDAQ) (Japan)
Japanese Bankers Association (JBA) (Japan)
Japanese Government Bonds (JGBs) (Japan)
JASDAQ (Japan)
JCR (Japan)
JFX (Indonesia)
JGB (Japan)
JGB Market Special Participant Scheme (Japan)
JIBOR (Indonesia)
JITF (Indonesia)
JP (Japan)
JPY (Japan)
JSDA (Japan)
JSX (Indonesia)
 

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K

Kafalah (Guarantee) (Malaysia)
Kasnic Credit Rating Indonesia (Indonesia)
KDIC (Korea, Republic of)
KH (Cambodia)
Khazanah Bonds (Malaysia)
Khazanah Nasional (Malaysia)
KHFC (Korea, Republic of)
KHR (Cambodia)
Kimchi bonds (Korea, Republic of)
KIS (Korea, Republic of)
KLCA (Korea, Republic of)
KLCI (Malaysia)
KLIBOR (Malaysia)
KLIBOR futures (Malaysia)
KOFA (Korea, Republic of)
Korea Accounting Standards Board (KASB) (Korea, Republic of)
Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) (Korea, Republic of)
Korea Deposit Insurance Corporation (KDIC) (Korea, Republic of)
Korea Deposit Insurance Fund (Korea, Republic of)
Korea Exchange (KRX) (Korea, Republic of)
Korea Financial Accounting Standards (KFAS) (Korea, Republic of)
Korea Futures Association (KOFA) (Korea, Republic of)
Korea Highway Corporation (Korea, Republic of)
Korea Housing Finance Corporation (Korea, Republic of)
Korea Interbank Offered Rate (KORIBOR) (Korea, Republic of)
Korea Investment Trust Companies Association (KITCA) (Korea, Republic of)
Korea Investor Services (KIS) (Korea, Republic of)
Korea Listed Companies Association (KLCA) (Korea, Republic of)
Korea Ministry of Finance and Economy (MOFE) (Korea, Republic of)
Korea Ratings (KR) (Korea, Republic of)
Korea Real Estate Information Center (KREIC) (Korea, Republic of)
Korea Securities Computer Corporation (Korea, Republic of)
Korea Securities Dealers Association (KSDA) (Korea, Republic of)
Korea Securities Depository (KSD) (Korea, Republic of)
Korea Securities Finance Corporation (Korea, Republic of)
Korea Treasury Bonds (KTBs) (Korea, Republic of)
KoreaBondWeb.com (Korea, Republic of)
KORIBOR (Korea, Republic of)
KOSDAQ (Korea, Republic of)
KOSPI (Korea, Republic of)
KPEI (Indonesia)
KR (Korea, Republic of)
KREIC (Korea, Republic of)
KRW (Korea, Republic of)
KRX (Korea, Republic of)
KRX Futures Exchange Division (Korea, Republic of)
KRX Kosdaq Market Division (Korea, Republic of)
KRX Stock Market Division (Korea, Republic of)
KSD (Korea, Republic of)
KSDA (Korea, Republic of)
KSEI (Indonesia)
KSFC (Korea, Republic of)
KTBs (Korea, Republic of)
Kuala Lumpur Interbank Offered Rate (KLIBOR) (Malaysia)
 

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L

LA (Lao PDR)
Labuan International Financial Exchange (LFX) (Malaysia)
Labuan International Offshore Financial Centre (IOFC) (Malaysia)
LAK (Lao PDR)
Lao PDR (Lao PDR)
LCY (Regional)
Lending Rate
LGU (Regional)
LIBOR (Regional)
Liquidity
Liquidity Adjustment Facility (LAF) (Hong Kong, China)
Liquidity Adjustment Window (Hong Kong, China)
Liquidity Risk
Loan Bonds (Thailand)
Loan Stocks (Malaysia)
Loan-to-Value (LTV) Ratio
Local Bond Market
Local Currency Denominated Security
Local or Municipal Government Issuance
Long Term
Long Term Commercial Papers (LTCPs) (Philippines)
Lower Mekong Countries (Regional)
 

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M

Malaysia Ministry of Finance (MOF) (Malaysia)
Malaysian Accounting Standards Board (MASB) (Malaysia)
Malaysian Government Securities (MGS) (Malaysia)
Malaysian Institute of Accountants (Malaysia)
Malaysian Rating Corporation Berhad (MARC) (Malaysia)
Malaysian Treasury Bills (MTB) (Malaysia)
Managed-Float Exchange Regime
Mandatory Provident Funds (MPF) Schemes (Hong Kong, China)
Mark-to-Market Valuation
Market Association
Market Makers (Hong Kong, China)
Market Manipulation
Market Regulation
Market-Making System
MART (Philippines)
MART1 Rates (Philippines)
Maruyu (Japan)
MAS Electronic Payment System (MEPS) (Singapore)
MAS Notice 757 (Singapore)
Maturity
MDB (Regional)
Medium Term Development Plan (MTDP) (Philippines)
Merdeka Savings Bonds (BSM) (Malaysia)
MGS (Malaysia)
MGS futures (Malaysia)
Ministry of Finance (Lao PDR)
Ministry of Finance Dealing System (MoFIDS) (Indonesia)
MM (Myanmar)
MMK (Myanmar)
MOFE (Korea, Republic of)
Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) (Singapore)
Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) (Thailand)
Monetary Stabilization Bonds (MSBs) (Korea, Republic of)
Money Market
Money Market Association of the Philippines (MART) (Philippines)
Money Market Information Center (PIPU) (Indonesia)
Mortgage
Mortgage originator
Mortgage Pass-Through Securities
Mortgage-Backed Security
MTB (Malaysia)
Mudaraba (Indonesia)
Mudarib (Indonesia)
Mudharabah (Profit-Sharing) (Malaysia)
Municipal Bond
Murabaha (Indonesia)
Murabahah (Cost-Plus Sale) (Malaysia)
Musharaka (Indonesia)
Musyarakah (Profit and Loss-Sharing) (Malaysia)
Mutual or Investment Fund
MY (Malaysia)
Myanmar Accountancy Council (MAC) (Myanmar)
Myanmar Economic Bank (Myanmar)
Myanmar Foreign Trade Bank (Myanmar)
Myanmar Ministry of Finance and Revenue (Myanmar)
Myanmar Securities Exchange Centre Co Ltd (MSEC) (Myanmar)
MYR (Malaysia)
 

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N

Nagoya Stock Exchange (NSE) (Japan)
National Accounting Council (Cambodia)
National Bank of Cambodia (Cambodia)
National Bond Market Committee (NBMC) (Malaysia)
National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) (China, People's Rep. of)
National Housing Bonds (NHB) (Korea, Republic of)
National Information & Credit Evaluation (NICE) (Korea, Republic of)
National Sharia Council (Indonesia)
National Syariah Advisory Council on Islamic Banking and Takaful (NSAC) (Malaysia)
Net Asset Value (NAV)
Nikkei 225 (Japan)
Note
 

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O

OECD (Regional)
Off-the-run (Singapore)
Offshore Borrowers
On-the-run (Singapore)
Open Interest (on Futures or Options)
Optimization Approach
Osaka Securities Exchange (OSE) (Japan)
Outstanding LCY [or FCY] Bonds
Outstanding LCY [or FCY] Bonds to GDP Ratio
Over The Counter – Fixed Income Service (OTC-FIS) (Indonesia)
Over-the-Counter
Overcollateralization
Overnight Index Swap (OIS) (Hong Kong, China)
Overnight policy rate (OPR) (Malaysia)
 

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P

PAIF (Regional)
Pan-Asia Bond (Regional)
Pan-Asian Bond Index Fund (PAIF) (Regional)
Panda bonds (China, People's Rep. of)
Pasar Uang Antar Bank (PUAB) (Indonesia)
Payment-in-kind Bond
Payment-to-Income (PTI) Ratio
PBC (China, People's Rep. of)
PDEx (Philippines)
PDS (Malaysia)
PDS Holdings (Philippines)
PDTC (Philippines)
PEFINDO (Credit Rating Indonesia) (Indonesia)
Pension Fund
People's Bank of China (PBC) (China, People's Rep. of)
PH (Philippines)
PHIBOR (Philippines)
Philippine Dealing & Exchange Corporation (PDEx) (Philippines)
Philippine Dealing System Holdings Corp. (PDS Holdings) (Philippines)
Philippine Depository & Trust Corp. (PDTC) (Philippines)
Philippine Institute of Certified Public Accountants (PICPA) (Philippines)
Philippine Inter-bank Offered Rate (PHIBOR) (Philippines)
Philippine Rating Service Corporation (PhilRatings) (Philippines)
Philippine Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) (Philippines)
Philippine Securities Settlement Corporation (PSSC) (Philippines)
Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) (Philippines)
PhilRatings (Philippines)
PHP (Philippines)
PICPA (Philippines)
PIPU (Indonesia)
Policy Rate
Prakas (Cambodia)
PRC (China, People's Rep. of)
Prepayment
Present Value
Price-Yield Relationship
Pricing Agency
Pricing of Bonds
Primary Dealer
Primary Market
Prime Rate
Principal dealer (Malaysia)
Principal, Face, Par or Redemption Value
Priority of Payments
Private Debt Securities (PDS) (Malaysia)
Privileged Creditors
Professional Service Providers
Property Rights
Provident Fund
PSE (Philippines)
PSSC (Philippines)
PT Kustodian Sentral Efek Indonesia (KSEI) (Indonesia)
PUAB (Indonesia)
Public bonds (Viet Nam)
Public Debt Management Office (PDMO) (Thailand)
Put Option
Put Price
Put Provision
Put Schedule
Put-Call Parity Relationship
 

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Q

Qardh Hasan (Benevolent Loan) (Malaysia)
Qualified Foreign Institutional Investors (QFII) (China, People's Rep. of)
Qualifying Debt Securities (QDS) (Singapore)
Quasi-government (Regional)
 

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R

Rahnu (Collateral) (Malaysia)
Rating Agency
Rating Agency Malaysia Berhad (RAM) (Malaysia)
Rating and Investment Information, Inc. (R&I) (Japan)
Real estate development bonds (Korea, Republic of)
Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)
Real-time Electronic Transfer of Funds and Securities (RENTAS) (Malaysia)
Recap Bonds (Indonesia)
Recapitalization Bonds (Indonesia)
Recognised Dealers (Hong Kong, China)
Reference Rate
Regional Bond Market
Registry of Scripless Securities (ROSS) (Philippines)
Registry, Clearing and Settlement
Regulator
Reinvestment Risk
Renminbi (China, People's Rep. of)
RENTAS (Malaysia)
Repatriation of Capital and Profits
Repurchase (RP or Repo) Rate
Repurchase Agreement (RP or repo)
Reserve Funds
Restricted licensed bank (RLBs) (Hong Kong, China)
Retail Exchange Fund Notes Distributor (Hong Kong, China)
Retail Treasury Bonds (RTBs) (Philippines)
Reverse Mortgage
Reverse Repurchase (RRP or Reverse Repo) Rate
Riba (Indonesia)
Risk
RLBs (Hong Kong, China)
RMB (China, People's Rep. of)
RTGS (Regional)
 

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S

SA Bonds (Thailand)
SAFE (China, People's Rep. of)
Samsung Bond Index (Korea, Republic of)
Samurai bonds (Japan)
Savings Bonds (Thailand)
Savings Ratio
SBL (Regional)
SBV (Viet Nam)
Scripless Securities Trading System (SSTS) (Malaysia)
SEC (Thailand)
Secondary Dealer
Secondary Market
Secured Creditors
Securities (and Exchange) Commission
Securities and Exchange Act B.E. 2535 (Thailand)
Securities Commission (SC) (Malaysia)
Securities Dealer
Securities Exchange
Securities Regulation Code of the Philippines (SRC) (Philippines)
Securities Trading Code (Viet Nam)
Securitization
SEHK (Hong Kong, China)
Sendirian Berhad (Brunei Darussalam)
Seoul Credit Rating & Information (SCRI) (Korea, Republic of)
Sertifikat Bank Indonesia (SBI) (Indonesia)
SET Index (Thailand)
SG (Singapore)
SGD (Singapore)
SGS Securities Electronic Applications (SGS eApps) (Singapore)
Shahibul maal (Indonesia)
Shanghai Futures Exchange (SHFE) (China, People's Rep. of)
Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) (China, People's Rep. of)
Shari'a Law
Sharia (Indonesia)
Sharia bank (Indonesia)
Sharia bonds (Indonesia)
Sharia business unit (Indonesia)
Sharia commercial bank (Indonesia)
Sharia rural bank (Indonesia)
Sharia Supervisory Board (Indonesia)
Shenzhen Stock Exchange (SZSE) (China, People's Rep. of)
SHFE (China, People's Rep. of)
Shibosai bonds (Japan)
Shogun bonds (Japan)
Short selling
Short Term
Short term interest rates
SIBOR (Singapore)
SIMEX (Singapore)
Singapore Council on Corporate Disclosure and Governance (CCDG) (Singapore)
Singapore Exchange Derivatives Trading Division (SGX-DT) (Singapore)
Singapore Financial Reporting Standards (FRS) (Singapore)
Singapore Government Securities (SGS) (Singapore)
Singapore Institute of Directors (SID) (Singapore)
Singapore Interbank Offered Rate (SIBOR) (Singapore)
Singapore Investment Banking Association (SIBA) (Singapore)
Singapore Primary Dealers (Singapore)
Singapore Stock Exchange (SGX) (Singapore)
Single-market Fund (Regional)
Sixty year (60-year) redemption rule (Japan)
Size and Composition Indicators
SOCB (Viet Nam)
Social Security System (SSS) (Philippines)
SOE (Regional)
SOE Bonds (Thailand)
SOR (Singapore)
Sovereign Credit Rating
Special Law Bonds (Korea, Republic of)
Special Purpose Vehicle
Specified Instruments (Hong Kong, China)
SPI (Malaysia)
Spot Forex Rates
SSC (Viet Nam)
SSE (China, People's Rep. of)
SSTS (Malaysia)
Stamp (Documentary) Duty
State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE) (China, People's Rep. of)
State Agency Bonds (Thailand)
State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) (Viet Nam)
State Owned Enterprise Bonds (Thailand)
State Securities Commission (SSC) (Viet Nam)
State-owned commercial bank (SOCB) (Viet Nam)
State-owned enterprise (SOE) (Regional)
Statutory Board (Singapore)
Statutory Board bonds (Singapore)
Step-up Bond
Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) (Thailand)
STP (Regional)
Street Conventions
Stripped Mortgage-Backed Securities
Structured Product
Subordinated Securities or Subordination
Sukuk (Malaysia)
Sukuk Al-Ijarah (Brunei Darussalam)
Supranational Issuer
Surabaya Stock Exchange (SSX) (Indonesia)
Surat Utang Negara (SUN) (Indonesia)
Sushi bond (Japan)
Swapnote (Japan)
Syariah Advisory Council (SAC) (Malaysia)
SZSE (China, People's Rep. of)
 

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T

Takaful (Regional)
Technology Development Financing Bonds (Korea, Republic of)
Tenor
Tenor Fixing
Tentative Issuance Schedule (Hong Kong, China)
Term to Maturity
TFEX (Thailand)
TFX (Japan)
TH (Thailand)
Thai Accounting Standards (TAS) (Thailand)
Thai Baht Implied Interest Rates (Thailand)
Thai BDC (Thailand)
Thai calendar year (Thailand)
ThaiBMA (Thailand)
Thailand Futures Exchange (TFEX) (Thailand)
Thailand Ministry of Finance (MOF) (Thailand)
Thailand Primary Dealers (Thailand)
Thailand Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) (Thailand)
Thailand Securities Depository (TSD) (Thailand)
THB (Thailand)
THBFIX (Thailand)
The Thai Bond Dealing Centre (Thai BDC) (Thailand)
The Thai Bond Market Association (ThaiBMA) (Thailand)
TIBOR (Japan)
TIFFE (Japan)
Time Value of Money
Tokyo Interbank Offered Rate (TIBOR) (Japan)
Tokyo International Financial Futures Exchange (TFX) (Japan)
Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) (Japan)
Total Return
Tracking Error
Trading Settlement
Trading Volume
Transfer Agent
TRIS Ratings (Thailand)
True Sale
Trust Law
TSD (Thailand)
 

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U

Ujrah (Fee) (Malaysia)
Underwriter
Unit trust fund (Regional)
Universal Banks (Philippines)
Universal Brokers (Malaysia)
Unrealized gain (loss)
Unsecured Creditor
Utilities bonds (Korea, Republic of)
 

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V

VF1 (Viet Nam)
Viet Kieu (Viet Nam)
Viet Nam Brady bonds (Viet Nam)
Viet Nam Interbank Offered Rates (VNIBOR) (Viet Nam)
Viet Nam Securities Business Association (Viet Nam)
Vietnam Financial Investors Association (Viet Nam)
Vietnam Ministry of Finance (MOF) (Viet Nam)
Vietnam Securities Investment Fund (VF1) (Viet Nam)
Vietnamnet Ratings Centre (Viet Nam)
VN (Viet Nam)
VND (Viet Nam)
VNIBOR (Viet Nam)
Volatility
Volatility Risk
Voluntary Winding Up
 

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W

Wadiah (Safekeeping) (Malaysia)
Wadiah Fund Placement (Indonesia)
Wakalah (Agency) (Malaysia)
Wawasan bonds (Malaysia)
Weighted-Average Coupon Rate (WAC)
Weighted-Average Maturity (WAM)
When-issued trading (Regional)
 

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X

X-stream (Philippines)
 

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Y

Yield
Yield Curve
Yield for a Portfolio (Internal Rate of Return)
Yield to Call
Yield to First Call
Yield to Maturity
Yield to Next Call
Yield to Put
Yield to Refunding
Yield to Worst
Yield Volatility
 

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Z

Zaito institution (Japan)
Zaito institution bonds (Japan)
Zakat (Indonesia)
Zero-Coupon Bond
 

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