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Fire Sale<br />

Form N-MFP<br />

Form PF<br />

Funding Liquidity<br />

Generally Accepted<br />

Accounting Principles<br />

(GAAP)<br />

Global Systemically<br />

Important Banks (G-SIBs)<br />

Global Systemically<br />

Important Insurers<br />

(G-SIIs)<br />

Gross Notional Exposure<br />

(GNE)<br />

Haircut<br />

Hedge Fund<br />

Hedging<br />

High-Frequency Trading<br />

The disorderly liquidation of assets to meet margin requirements or other urgent cash<br />

needs. Such a sudden sell-off can drive prices below their fair value. The quantities<br />

sold are large relative to the typical volume of transactions.<br />

A monthly disclosure of portfolio holdings submitted by money market funds to the<br />

SEC, which makes the information publicly available. SEC Rule 30b1-7 established<br />

the technical and legal details of N-MFP filings.<br />

A periodic report of portfolio holdings, leverage, and risk management submitted<br />

by hedge funds, private equity funds, and related entities. The report is filed with<br />

the SEC and CFTC, which keep the information confidential. The Dodd-Frank Act<br />

mandated the reporting to help the FSOC monitor financial stability risks.<br />

The availability of credit to finance the purchase of financial assets.<br />

Accounting rules published in the United States by the <strong>Financial</strong> Accounting<br />

Standards Board.<br />

Banks annually designated by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision for<br />

having the potential to disrupt international financial markets. The designations are<br />

based on banks’ size, interconnectedness, complexity, dominance in certain businesses,<br />

and global scope.<br />

Insurance companies annually designated by the FSB for having the potential to disrupt<br />

international financial markets because of their size, market position, and global<br />

interconnectedness.<br />

A measure of total portfolio leverage, for example in a hedge fund. GNE is calculated<br />

as the summed absolute values of long and short notional positions, including both<br />

securities and derivatives.<br />

The discount at which an asset is pledged as collateral. For example, a $1 million<br />

bond with a 5 percent haircut would collateralize a $950,000 loan.<br />

A pooled investment vehicle available to accredited investors such as wealthy individuals,<br />

banks, insurance companies, and trusts. Hedge funds can charge a performance<br />

fee on unrealized gains, borrow more than one half of their net asset value, short<br />

sell assets they expect to fall in value, and trade complex derivative instruments that<br />

cannot be traded by mutual funds.<br />

An investment strategy to offset the risk of a potential change in the value of assets,<br />

liabilities, or services. An example of hedging is buying an offsetting futures position<br />

in a stock, interest rate, or foreign currency.<br />

The use of computerized securities trading platforms to make large numbers of transactions<br />

at high speeds.<br />

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