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Haircut

The percentages that are deducted from the market value of securities, but not of exempted securities, in long or short...

Regulatory Haircut

In general, haircut involves a reduction in the level of a "monetary" amount that would otherwise be available for a...

Regulatory Capital Haircut

A haircut (margin discount) that is applied to a regulatory capital. This category of capital is defined as the minimum...

Haircut

The margin or deposit that is tied up to cover a position taken by a financial intermediary such as a...

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....