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Specialness Repo

The spread between the general repo rate and the special repo rate. It can be viewed as a repo dividend (it...

Special Repo Rate

A repo rate that corresponds to special collateral such as Treasury securities that are on the run or have recently been issued. This rate...

Warrant Intrinsic Value

A component of the value of a warrant (warrant value) that is measured as the difference between its underlying share price and...

Non-Principal Protected Autocallable Equity Linked Structured Product

An equity-linked structured product that allows the investor to potentially profit from the underlying stock performance. To that end, the investor can...

Lemons Problem

A market problem that arises due to information asymmetry between investors and entrepreneurs, leading to the break down of capital...

Airbag Certificate

A structured product (structured certificate) that allows the holder to participate in the upside performance of an underlying stock while...

Repo Haircut

The Initial margin on a repo agreement. It is generally expressed as a percentage of the market price of repo collateral. For example,...

Repo Margin

The amount by which the market value of the security used as collateral exceeds the face value of the loan....

Implied Repo Rate

The rate which results from a cash/futures arbitrage. More specifically, it is the rate of return that an investor can...

Orderly Transaction

A transaction that assumes there will be adequate market exposure that would allow market participants to gain sufficient knowledge about...