FISD RegBeat Acronyms

AIFMD - European Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive

BCBS - Basel Committee on Banking Supervision

CBRC - China Banking Regulatory Commission

CDS - Credit Default Swap

CEA – Commodity Exchange Act (U.S.)

CICI - CFTC interim compliant identifier

CCP - Central Counterparty

CEREP - European CEntral REPository for credit ratings statistics

COU - Central Operating Unit (to support the federated management of LEI globally)

CPSS - Committee on Payment and Settlement Systems (CPSS)

DCM - Designated Contract Market

EBA - European Banking Authority

EMIR - European Markets Infrastructure Regulation

ESMA - European Securities and Markets Authority

ESRB - European Systemic Risk Board

FATCA - U.S. Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act

FATF - Inter-governmental Financial Action Task Force on money laundering (also known as GAFI)

FIA - Futures Industry Association

FinCEN - The U.S. Department of Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network

FINRA - U.S. Independent regulatory body Financial Industry Regulatory Authority

FMI - Financial Market Infrastructures

FPC - Financial Policy Committee of the Bank of England

FSB - U.S. Financial Stability Board

FSOC - U.S. Financial Stability Oversight Council

FTT - Financial Transaction Tax

G-SIBs - Global Systemically Important Banks

HFT - High Frequency Trading

ICB - Independent Banking Commission

IOSCO - International Organization of Securities Commissions

KFI - Key Facts Illustration

LEI - Legal Entity Identifier

MiFID - Markets in Financial Instruments Directive

MiFIR - Markets in Financial Instruments Regulation

MSP - Major Swap Participants

MTF - Multi-lateral Trading Facility (under MiFID)

OTC - Over-the-Counter

OTF - Organised Trading Facility (under MiFID)

PEP - Politically Exposed Persons

PRA - Prudential Regulation Authority of the Bank of England

RRP - Resolution and Recovery Plans

SEBI – Securities and Exchange Board of India

SEF - Swap Execution Facility

SD - Swaps Dealer

SFO – Serious Fraud Office (UK)

SIFI - Systemically Important Financial Institutions

SIPP - Self-invested Personal Pension

UCITS - Undertakings for Collective Investment in Transferable Securities

UNCTAD - United Nations Conference on Trade and Development