Swap Dealer — An individual who acts as the counterparty in a swap agreement for a fee called a spread. Swap dealers are the market makers for the swap market. The spread represents the difference between the wholesale price for trades and the retail price.… … Investment dictionary
Swap Network — A worldwide network of central banks that establish a reciprocal credit line relationship to temporarily swap currencies. The purpose of the swap is to give each bank the ability to simultaneously exchange a fixed amount of one another s… … Investment dictionary
Chiang Mai Initiative — Participants of the Chiang Mai Initiative: regular ASEAN states marked light green; Plus Three states marked green The Chiang Mai Initiative (CMI) is a multilateral currency swap arrangement among the ten members of the Association of Southeast… … Wikipedia
Economic Affairs — ▪ 2006 Introduction In 2005 rising U.S. deficits, tight monetary policies, and higher oil prices triggered by hurricane damage in the Gulf of Mexico were moderating influences on the world economy and on U.S. stock markets, but some other… … Universalium
East Asia Summit — The East Asia Summit (EAS) is a forum held annually by leaders of 16 countries in the East Asian region. EAS meetings are held after annual ASEAN leaders’ meetings. The first summit was held in Kuala Lumpur on December 14 2005. Countries… … Wikipedia
National Iranian Oil Company — شركت ملّی نفت ايران Type Government owned Industry Petroleum industry Founded 1948 … Wikipedia
structured note — A derivative investment that will change in value with movements of an underlying index; or a note whose issuer makes swap arrangements to alter its required cash flows. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary … Financial and business terms
NatWest Three — The NatWest Three, also known as the Enron Three,[1] are three British businessmen Giles Darby, David Bermingham and Gary Mulgrew. In 2002 they were indicted in Houston, Texas on seven counts of wire fraud against their former employer Greenwich… … Wikipedia
Nuclear program of Iran — See also: Iran and weapons of mass destruction Nuclear program of Iran … Wikipedia
International telecommunications routes — Telephone companies in different countries use a variety of international telecoms routes to send traffic to each other. These can be legal (or white ) routes or other arrangements the industry calls grey routes, special carrier arrangements,… … Wikipedia
