Acronyms
We prepared a non-exhaustive list of acronyms that are commonly used in EU policy circles or within financial services organisations. We do not take responsibility for its completeness nor for its correctness, but we believe it is a useful list when working with EFAMA and when reading papers related to European financial services regulation.
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Acronyms in financial services legislation |
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AIF |
Alternative Investment Fund |
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AIFMD |
Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive |
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AMC |
Asset Management Company |
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AML |
Anti-Money Laundering |
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APA |
Approved Publication Arrangement |
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ARIS |
Absolute Return Innovative Strategies |
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ARM |
Approved Reporting Mechanism |
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AuM |
Assets under Management |
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BEPS |
Base Erosion and Profit Shifting |
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CCP |
Central Clearing Counterparties |
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CFA |
Chartered Financial Analyst |
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CFI |
Classification of Financial Instrument |
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CFT |
Countering the financing of terrorism |
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CFTC |
Commodity Futures Trading Commission |
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CNAV |
Constant Net Asset Value |
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CMU |
Capital Markets Union |
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CRR |
Capital Requirements Regulation |
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CSDR |
Central Securities Depositary Regulation |
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CSD |
Central Securities Depositary |
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CSRD |
Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive |
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CT |
Consolidated Tape |
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CTP |
Consolidated Tape Provider |
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DAC |
Directive on Administrative Cooperation |
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DB |
Defined Benefit |
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DC |
Defined Contribution |
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DNSH |
Do No Significant Harm |
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DSB |
Derivatives Service Bureau |
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DTO |
Derivatives Trading Obligations |
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EBA |
European Banking Authority |
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EBF |
European Banking Federation |
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EC |
European Commission |
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ECB |
European Central Bank |
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ECMI |
European Capital Market Institute |
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EET |
European ESG template |
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EFC |
European Fund Classification |
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EFRAG |
European Financial Reporting Advisory Group |
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EIOPA |
European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority |
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ELTIF |
European Long-term Investment Funds |
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EMIR |
European Market Infrastructure Regulation |
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EMMI |
European Money Market Institute |
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EMT |
European MiFID template |
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EONIA |
Euro Overnight Index Average |
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EP |
European Parliament |
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ESA |
European Supervisory Authorities |
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ESAP |
European Single Access Point |
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ESG |
Environment, Social, Governance |
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ESFS |
European System of Financial Supervision |
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ESMA |
European Securities and Markets Authority |
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ETC |
Exchange-traded Commodity |
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ETF |
Exchange-traded Fund |
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ETI |
Exchange-traded Instruments |
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ETN |
Exchange-traded Note |
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ETP |
Exchange-traded Products |
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EU |
European Union |
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Euribor |
Euro Interbank Offered Rate |
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EUSEF |
European Social Entrepreneurship Funds |
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EUVECA |
European Venture Capital Funds |
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FCA |
Financial Conduct Authority (UK) |
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FESE |
Federation of European Securities Exchanges |
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FinDatEx |
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FINRA |
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority |
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FMPs |
Financial Market Participants |
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FSB |
Financial Stability Board |
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FSC |
Financial Services Committee |
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FSUG |
Financial Services User Group |
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FTT |
Financial Transaction Tax |
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GDP |
Gross Domestic Product |
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HLEF |
High Level Expert Forum |
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HNWI |
High Net Worth Individuals |
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HTRM |
Hybrid Transaction Reporting Mechanism |
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IASB |
International Accounting Standards Board |
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IBOR |
Interbank Offered Rates |
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ICI |
Investment Company Institute |
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ICPF |
Insurance Corporations and Investment Funds |
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IIFA |
International Investment Funds Association |
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IFRS |
International Financial Reporting Standards |
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IFRIC |
International Financial Reporting Interpretations Committee |
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IMD |
Insurance Mediation Directive |
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IMF |
International Monetary Fund |
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IMF |
Investment Management Forum |
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IORP |
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IOSCO |
International Organization of Securities Commissions |
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ISDA |
International Swaps and Derivatives Association |
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ISIN |
International Securities Identification Number |
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ISSB |
International Sustainability Standards Board |
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KID |
Key Information Document |
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KIID |
Key Investor Information Document |
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KPI |
Key Performance Indicator |
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LIBOR |
London Interbank Offered Rate |
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LMT |
Liquidity Management Tools |
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LST |
Liquidity Stress Test |
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LVNAV |
Low Volatility Net Asset Value |
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MiFID |
Markets in Financial Instruments Directive |
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MiFIR |
Markets in Financial Instruments Regulation |
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MFI |
Monetary Financial Institutions |
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ML |
Money Laundering |
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MMF |
Money market fund |
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MTF |
Multilateral Trading Facility |
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NAV |
Net Asset Value |
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NCA |
National Competent Authorities |
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NFC |
Non-financial Corporations |
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NFRD |
Non-Financial Reporting Directive |
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OCERP |
Officially Certified European Retirement Plan |
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OFI |
Other Financial Intermediaries |
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OTC |
Over-the-counter |
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OTF |
Organised Trading Facility |
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PAI |
Principle Adverse Impact |
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PEPP |
Pandemic Emergency Purchase Programme |
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PEPP |
pan-European Personal Pension Product |
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PRIP |
Packaged Retail Investment Product |
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PRIIPs |
Packaged Retail Investments and Insurance-based Products |
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QIF |
Qualifying Investor Funds |
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QPAM |
Qualified Professional Asset Manager |
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RTS |
Regulatory Technical Standard |
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SEC |
US Securities and Exchange Commission |
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SFDR |
Sustainable Finance Disclosure regulation |
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SFTR |
Securities Financing Transaction Regulation |
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SI |
Systematic internaliser |
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STO |
Share Trading Obligation |
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TCA |
Transaction Cost Analysis |
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TEG |
Technical Expert Group |
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TF |
Terrorist Financing |
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TR |
Trade Repository |
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UPI |
Unique Product Identifier |
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UTI |
Unique Trade Identifier |
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VAT |
Value-added Tax |
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VNAV |
Variable Net Asset Value |
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UCITS |
Undertakings for Collective Investment in Transferable Securities Directive |
