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Floating Rate Loan

A loan whose interest rate payments change over the life of the loan. Typically, the floating interest rate is tied...

Riba al-Quran

Arabic (ربا القرآن) for riba associated with lending and borrowing (i.e., received in lending or paid in borrowing). It is...

Hybrid Financial Instrument

A financial instrument that is embedded with certain types of derivatives (embedded derivatives). The instrument plays host to the embedded...

Qard al-Hasan

An interest-free loan (fungible, marketable wealth) that is extended by a lender to a borrower on the basis of benevolence...

Arbitrage CDO

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

Hybrid Financial Liability

A financial liability that is combined with other financial arrangements such as embedded derivatives. The hybrid instrument has its own...

Nominal Yield

The rate which is earned on a bond purchased at a price equal to par value, and is paid by...

Coupon

The regular amount of interest payment that is made to bondholders during the lifetime of a bond (or a similar...

Coupon Rate

The rate which is earned on a bond purchased at a price equal to par value, and is paid by...

Nominal Interest Rate

The interest rate that is expressed and shown as a percentage interest on the "face" of a bond or a...