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Bay’ al-‘Arboon

A type of sale (bay’) which is effected using down payment or advance money (arboon– عربون) with the condition that…

Approved Deferred Share Trust

A trust fund that a company creates for the purpose of buying shares in itself for the sake and benefit…

ATB

It stands for against the box; a short sale which is carried out by the holder of a long position…

A-Shares

A share of common stock, commonplace in the United Kingdom, that confers rent rights, but no control rights, on its…

Acceleration Covenant

A provision that is usually stipulated in, or attached to, a debt instrument or swap agreement, by virtue of which…

Average Rate Put

An average rate option which gives the holder the right, but not the obligation, to sell the underlying asset, with…

Artificial Options Activity

The trading of options that is meant to “artificially” induce intensive trading using options volume trading and open interest, among…

Active Management Return

The return which is earned by an actively managed portfolio in excess and over an average market return (benchmark). Active…

Collared FRN

A floating-rate note (FRN) which has a minimum and a maximum interest rate, i.e., an embedded collar. This collar has…

Amortizing Floor

An interest rate floor in which the successive floorlets cover decreasing notional principal amounts. In other words, the notional principal…