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Auto-Callable Bond

A structured fixed-income security (bond) that allows the holder an early redemption if a predefined event (early redemption event, or...

Accrual Range Floater

A floater that pays a coupon whose amount depends on the times a floating rate (such as LIBOR) remains within...

Autocallable Airbag Note

A yield enhancement note that comes with a conditional fixed coupon payable to the holder and also provides conditional capital...

Altman Z-Score

A statistical model, devised in the 1960s by Edward Altman (of New York University), which is used to predict the...

Above-Water Asset

An asset whose market value exceeds its book value. In other words, assets such as bonds, CDOs, mortgages, are said...

Asset Warrant

A warrant that is issued by a third-party (i.e., neither a company on its own equity or debt nor holders...

Attached Warrant

A warrant that is attached to a straight debt instrument, giving the holder to the right (option) to exercise on...

Abandonment Value

The cash or cash-equivalent proceeds that can be realized by hurriedly liquidating an investment, like an asset or a host...

ARBN

It stands for absolute return barrier note; a barrier note that pays the holder (investor), at maturity, the absolute performance...

Arbitrage CDO

A securitized product (a type of collateralized debt obligations – CDOs) that originates obligations collateralized or backed by a pool...