Glossary

Glossary

ADX

Abu Dhabi Securities
Exchange

AED

Arab Emirates Dirham

AML

Anti-Money Laundering

AML/CFT

Anti-Money Laundering & Combating the Financing of Terrorism and illegal Organisations

BIS

Bank for International
Settlements

BOP

Balance of Payments

CAR

Capital Adequacy Ratio

CBUAE

The Central Bank
of the UAE

CET

Common Equity
Tier 1 Capital

CIF

Cost of Insurance
and Freight

CPD

Consumer Protection
Department

CPI

Consumer Price Index

DFM

Dubai Financial Market

DLD

Dubai Land Department

D-SIB

Domestic Systemically Important Bank

ECB

European Central Bank

EIBOR

Emirates Inter-Bank Offer Rate

ELAR

Eligible Liquid Asset Ratio

FATF

Financial Action Task Force

FCSC

Federal Competitiveness and Statistics Centre

FDI

Foreign Direct Investment

Fed

Federal Reserve System

FI

Financial Institutions

FIU

Financial Intelligence Unit

FMI

Financial Market Infrastructure

FOB

Free on Board

GCC

Gulf Cooperation Council

GDP

Gross Domestic Product

GREs

Government Related Entities

IFIs

International Financial Institutions

IMF

International Monetary Fund

L/D

Loan-to-Deposit

LCR

Liquidity Coverage Ratio

LIBOR

London Inter-Bank Offer Rate

LFIs

Licensed Financial Institutions

M1

Money Aggregate 1

M2

Money Aggregate 2

M3

Money Aggregate 3

mb/d

Million Barrels per Day

MoF

Ministry of Finance

MOU

Memorandum of Understanding

M-o-M

Month-on-Month

MSMEs

Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises

NAMLCFTIOC

National Anti-Money Laundering & Combating the Financing of Terrorism and Illegal Organisations Committee

NEER

Nominal Effective Exchange Rate

OPEC

Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries

PMI

Purchasing Managers Index

Q-o-Q

Quarter-on-Quarter

REER

Real Effective Exchange Rate

SA

Standardised Approach

SCA

Securities and Commodities Authority

SDR

Special Drawing Right

SME

Small and Medium Enterprises

STR

Suspicious Transaction Report

SVF

Stored Value Facility

UAE

United Arab Emirates

UK

United Kingdom

US

United States

USD

United States Dollar

VAT

Value Added Tax

Y-o-Y

Year-on-Year