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Outperformance Certificate

A certificate that allows investors to participate disproportionately in the price gains compared to a direct investment in a security,...

Overdraft Facility

A type of short term finance that is provided by a bank or financial institution to its customers (borrowers) seeking...

Originator

The term "originator" has different meanings depending on context. An originator may be an entity that pools debt (with different...

Overnight SOFR

A type of SOFR (secured overnight financing rate) that covers the span (maturity) of one day. By default and in...

Orders When Distributed

A financial transaction that involves trading a security that has not yet been issued, but rather is scheduled to be…

Overnight Repurchase Agreement

A repurchase agreement (repo) which matures after one day of entering into it. In other words, the term of an...

Opening Leg of a Repo

A repo leg that involves the delivery of collateral assets/ repo collateral (securities) against payment of an amount of money...

One-Time Dividends

A distribution of company profits (distributable dividends) to equity holders (shareholders) either as a lump sum amount that would be...

OBSF

It stands for off-balance sheet financing; a form of leverage that an entity can attain from an off-balance sheet item...

On-Demand CDO

A synthetic structure that consists of a single tranche. It is simpler than a standard synthetic tranche and can be...