OFR_2016_Financial-Stability-Report
OFR_2016_Financial-Stability-Report
OFR_2016_Financial-Stability-Report
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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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