Financial-reform glossary


iconEconomist – In order to facilitate understanding of the changes that are on the table, we’ve put together a glossary of financial-reform nomenclature, which we’ll be updating throughout the process.

  • Capital requirements (and countercyclicality)
  • Clearinghouses
  • Collateralised debt obligation (CDO)
  • Counterparty
  • Credit default swap (CDS)
  • Derivatives
  • Leverage
  • Liquidity requirements
  • Macroprudential regulation
  • Mortgage-backed security (MBS)
  • Resolution fund
  • Securitisation
  • Shadow banking system
  • Systemic risk
  • “Too big to fail”

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