Abbreviations and acronyms
AFT |
Agence France Trésor |
ATM |
Average Term-to-Maturity |
BIS |
Bank for International Settlements |
BoE |
Bank of England |
BOJ |
Bank of Japan |
CACs |
Collective Action Clauses |
CB |
Central Bank |
DB |
Defined Benefit |
DLT |
Distributed Ledger Technologies |
DMO |
Debt Management Office |
ECB |
European Central Bank |
EFSF |
European Financial Stability Facility |
EFSM |
European Financial Stabilisation Mechanism |
EIB |
European Investment Bank |
ESMA |
European Securities and Markets Authority |
ESRB |
European Systemic Risk Board |
ETFs |
Exchange Traded Funds |
EU |
European Union |
EUR |
Euro |
FOMC |
Federal Open Market Committee |
FRDP |
Portugal's Public Debt Regularization Fund |
FX |
Foreign Exchange |
GBP |
Great Britain Pound |
GBR |
Gross Borrowing Requirement |
GDP |
Gross Domestic Product |
GFC |
Global Financial Crisis |
HFT |
High-Frequency Trading |
ICMA |
International Capital Market Association |
IGCP |
Portuguese Treasury and Debt Management Agency |
IFC |
International Finance Corporation |
IFIs |
International Financial Institutions |
IMF |
International Monetary Fund |
ISK |
Icelandic krona |
IT |
Information Technology |
JGBs |
Japanese Government Bonds |
LB |
Liquidity Buffer |
LEA |
Liquidity Enhancing Auctions |
MiFID |
Markets in Financial Instruments Directive |
MOF |
Ministry of Finance |
MTDS |
Medium-Term Debt Management Strategy |
NBR |
Net Borrowing Requirement |
NTMA |
Ireland’s National Treasury Management Agency |
OAT |
Obligations Assimilables du Trésor |
OECD |
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
OTC |
Over-the-counter |
PD |
Primary Dealer |
PSPP |
Public Sector Purchase Programme |
QE |
Quantitative Easing |
SBO |
Sovereign Borrowing Outlook |
SIFMA |
Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association |
SLF |
Securities Lending Facility |
SLR |
Supplementary Leverage Ratio |
SNB |
Swiss National Bank |
SOMA |
System Open Market Account |
STRIP |
Separate Trading of Registered Interest and Principal of Securities |
SWFs |
Sovereign Wealth Funds |
TMPG |
Treasury Market Practices Group |
TRACE |
Trade Reporting and Compliance Engine |
UK |
United Kingdom |
ULB |
Ultra-Long Bonds |
US |
United States |
USD |
United States Dollar |
WP |
Working Paper |
WPDM |
Working Party on Debt management |