S.No |
Acronym |
Acronym |
1 |
ADB |
Asian Development Bank |
2 |
ADRs |
American Depository Receipts |
3 |
AIFIs |
All India Financial Institutions |
4 |
ALBM |
Automated Lending and Borrowing Mechanism |
5 |
ALBRS |
Automated Lending and Borrowing under Rolling Settlement |
6 |
AMC |
Asset Management Company |
7 |
AMFI |
Association of Mutual Funds in India |
8 |
ASC |
Accounting Standards Committee |
9 |
ASBA |
Applications Supported by Blocked Amount |
10 |
ATM |
At The Money |
11 |
ATSs |
Alternative trading system |
12 |
B2B |
Business to Business |
13 |
BIFR |
Board for Industrial and Financial Reconstruction |
14 |
BIS |
Bank for International Settlement |
15 |
BLESS |
Borrowing and Lending Securities Scheme |
16 |
BMC |
Base Minimum Capital |
17 |
BSE |
The Stock Exchange, Mumbai |
18 |
CBDT |
Central Board of Direct Taxes |
19 |
CC |
Clearing Corporation |
20 |
CCIL |
Clearing Corporation of India Limited |
21 |
CDs |
Certificate of Deposits |
22 |
CDSL |
Central Depository Services (India) Limited |
23 |
CFM |
Carry Forward Margin |
24 |
CFRS |
Carry Forward under Rolling Settlement |
25 |
CH |
Clearing House |
26 |
CIMC |
Collective Investment Management Company |
27 |
CISs |
Collective Investment Schemes |
28 |
CIVs |
Collective Investment Vehicles |
29 |
CLF |
Collateralized Lending Facility |
30 |
CM |
Clearing Member |
31 |
CM |
Segment Capital Market Segment of NSE |
32 |
CMIE |
Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy |
33 |
COSI |
Committee on Settlement Issues |
34 |
COTI |
Committee of Trade Issues |
35 |
CP |
Custodial Participant |
36 |
CPs |
Commercial Papers |
37 |
CRAs |
Credit Rating Agencies |
38 |
CRISIL |
Credit Rating Information Services of India Limited |
39 |
CRR |
Cash Reserve Ratio |
40 |
CSD |
Collateral Security Deposit |
41 |
CSE |
Calcutta Stock Exchange |
42 |
DCA |
Department of Company Affairs |
43 |
DDBs |
Deep Discount Bonds |
44 |
DEA |
Department of Economic Affairs |
45 |
DFIs |
Development Financial Institutions |
46 |
DNS |
Deferred Net Settlement |
47 |
DPs |
Depository Participants |
48 |
DRR |
Debenture Redemption Reserve |
49 |
DSCE |
Debt Securities Convertible into Equity |
50 |
DVP |
Delivery versus Payment |
51 |
ECB |
Euro Commercial Borrowings |
52 |
ECNS |
Electronic communication Networks |
53 |
EDGAR |
Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval |
54 |
EDIFAR |
Electronic Data Information Filing and Retrieval |
55 |
EFT |
Electronic Fund Transfer |
56 |
ELSS |
Equity Linked Saving Schemes |
57 |
EPS |
Earning Per Share |
58 |
ETFs |
Exchange Traded Funds |
59 |
F&O |
Futures and Options |
60 |
FCCBs |
Foreign Currency Convertible Bonds |
61 |
FDI |
Foreign Direct Investment |
62 |
FDRs |
Foreign Deposit Receipts |
63 |
FDs |
Fixed Deposits |
64 |
FIBV |
International World Federation of Stock Exchanges |
65 |
FIIs |
Foreign Institutional Investors |
66 |
FIMMDA |
Fixed Income Money Markets and Derivatives Association |
67 |
FIs |
Financial Institutions |
68 |
FRAs |
Forward Rate Agreements |
69 |
FVCIs |
Foreign Venture Capital Investors |
70 |
GDP |
Gross Domestic Product |
71 |
GDRs |
Global Deposit Receipts |
72 |
GDS |
Gross Domestic Savings |
73 |
GNP |
Gross National Product |
74 |
GOI |
Government of India |
75 |
G Sec |
Government Securities |
76 |
I BEX |
ICICI Securities Bond Index |
77 |
IBRD |
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development |
78 |
ICAI |
Institute of Chartered Accountants of India |
79 |
ICDR |
Issue of Capital and Disclosure Requirements |
80 |
ICICI |
Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation of India Limited. |
81 |
ICSE |
Inter Connected Stock Exchange of India Limited |
82 |
IDBI |
Industrial Development Bank of India |
83 |
IFC |
International Finance Corporation |
84 |
IFSD |
Interest Free Security Deposit |
85 |
IIM |
Indian Institute of Management |
86 |
IISL |
India Index Services and Products Limited |
87 |
IOC |
Immediate or Cancel |
88 |
IOSCO |
International Organization of Securities Commission |
89 |
IPF |
Investor Protection Fund |
90 |
IPO |
Initial Public Offer |
91 |
IRDA |
Insurance Regulatory and Devevlopment Authority |
92 |
IRS |
Interest Rate Swap |
93 |
ISIN |
International Securities Identification Number |
94 |
ISSA |
International Securities Services Association |
95 |
IT |
Information Technology |
96 |
ITM |
In The Money |
97 |
LAF |
Liquidity Adjustment Facility |
98 |
LIC |
Life Insurance Corporation of India Limited |
99 |
MCFS |
Modified Carry Forward System |
100 |
MFs |
Mutual Funds |
101 |
MFSS |
Mutual Fund Service System |
102 |
MIBID |
Mumbai Inter bank Bid Rate |
103 |
MIBOR |
Mumbai Inter bank Offer Rate |
104 |
MMMF |
Money Market Mutual Fund |
105 |
MNCs |
Multi National Companies |
106 |
MOU |
Memorandum of Understanding |
107 |
MTM |
Mark To Market |
108 |
NASDAQ |
National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation System |
109 |
NAV |
Net Asset Value |
110 |
NBFCs |
Non Banking Financial Companies |
111 |
NCAER |
National Council for Applied Economic Research |
112 |
NCDs |
Non convertible Debentures |
113 |
NCFM |
NSE’s Certification in Financial Markets |
114 |
NDS |
Negotiated Dealing System |
115 |
NEAT |
National Stock Exchange Automated Trading |
116 |
NGOs |
Non Government Organizations |
117 |
NIBIS |
NSE’s Internet based Information System |
118 |
NIC |
National Informatics Centre |
119 |
NPAs |
Non Performing Assets |
120 |
NRIs |
Non Resident Indians |
121 |
NSCCL |
National Securities Clearing Corporation of India Limited |
122 |
NSDL |
National Securities Depository Limited |
123 |
OCBs |
Overseas Corporate Bodies |
124 |
OECLOB |
Open Electronic Consolidated Limit Order Book |
125 |
OIS |
Overnight Index Swaps |
126 |
ORS |
Order Routing System |
127 |
OTC |
Over the Counter |
128 |
OTCEI |
Over the Counter Exchange of India Limited |
129 |
OTM |
Out of the Money |
130 |
P/E ratio |
Price Earning Ratio |
131 |
PAN |
Permanent Account Number |
132 |
PCM |
Professional Clearing Member |
133 |
PDAI |
Primary Dealers Association of India |
134 |
PDO |
Public Debt Office |
135 |
PDs |
Primary Dealers |
136 |
PRI |
Principal Return Index |
137 |
PRISM |
Parallel Risk Management System |
138 |
PSUs |
Public Sector Undertakings |
139 |
PV |
Present Value |
140 |
QIBs |
Qualified Institutional Buyers |
141 |
RBI |
Reserve Bank of India |
142 |
ROCs |
Registrar of Companies |
143 |
RTGS |
Real time Gross Settlement |
144 |
S&P |
Standard and Poor’s |
145 |
SAT |
Securities Appellate Tribunal |
146 |
SC(R)A |
Securities Contracts (Regulation) Act, 1956 |
147 |
SC(R)R |
Securities Contracts (Regulation) Rules, 1957 |
148 |
SCMRD |
Society for Capital Market Research and Development |
149 |
SDs |
Satellite Dealers |
150 |
SEBI |
Securities and Exchange Board of India |
151 |
SEC |
Securities Exchange Commission |
152 |
SGF |
Settlement Guarantee Fund |
153 |
SGL |
Subsidiary General Ledger |
154 |
SGX DT |
The Singapore Exchange Derivatives Trading Limited |
155 |
SIPC |
Securities Investor Protection Corporation |
156 |
SLR |
Statutory Liquidity Ratio |
157 |
SPAN |
Standard Portfolio Analysis of Risks |
158 |
SPV |
Special Purpose Vehicle |
159 |
SROs |
Self Regulatory Organizations |
160 |
SSS |
Securities Settlement System |
161 |
STP |
Straight Through Processing |
162 |
STRIPS |
Separate Trading of Registered Interest and Principal of Securities |
163 |
SUS 99 |
Special Unit Scheme 99 |
164 |
T Bills |
Treasury Bills |
165 |
TDS |
Tax Deducted at Source |
166 |
TM |
Trading Member |
167 |
TRI |
Total Return Index |
168 |
UTI |
Unit Trust of India |
169 |
VAR |
Value at Risk |
170 |
VCFs |
Venture Capital Funds |
171 |
VCUs |
Venture Capital Undertakings |
172 |
VSAT |
Very Small Aperture Terminal |
173 |
WAN |
Wide Area Network |
174 |
WAP |
Wireless Application Protocol |
175 |
WDM |
Wholesale Debt Market Segment of NSE |
176 |
YTM |
Yield to Maturity |
177 |
ZCYC |
Zero Coupon Yield Curve |
178 |
AMEX |
American Stock Exchange |
179 |
ATS |
Alternative Trading System |
180 |
BSE |
Bombay Stock Exchange now known as BSE Limited |
181 |
BSE StAR MF |
BSE Stat Mutual Fund |
182 |
BTI |
BSE Training Institute |
183 |
CM |
Capital Marker |
184 |
CME |
Chicago Mercantile Exchange |
185 |
CNBC TV 18 |
Consumer News & Business Channel |
186 |
CNX |
CRISIL NSE Indices |
187 |
CSR |
Corporate Social Responsibility |
188 |
CV |
Co efficient of Variance |
189 |
d.f. |
Degree of Freedom |
190 |
DFHI |
Discount and Finance House of India |
191 |
DotEx Intl. |
192 |
Ltd. |
Dotex International Limited |
193 |
ESM |
Emerging Stock Markets |
194 |
ETF |
Exchange traded funds |
195 |
NYSE |
New York Stock Exchange |
196 |
IPO |
Initial Public Offering |
197 |
BSE |
Bombay Stock Exchange |
198 |
CDSL |
Central Depository Services Limited |
199 |
ETF |
Exchange Traded Fund |
200 |
REIT |
Real Estate Investment Trust |
201 |
SL |
Stop Loss |
202 |
CM |
Capital Market |
203 |
DJIA |
Dow Jones Industrial Average |
204 |
DMA |
Direct Market Access |
205 |
ECN |
Electronic Communication Network |
206 |
EPS |
Earnings Per Share |