Abbreviation for Aktieselskab, Danish company title.

The highest credit rating that can be assigned to a bond by the main rating agencies: Standard & Poor's, Moody's and Fitch.

Swedish company title: abbreviation of Aktiebolag.

Asset-backed securities are debt instruments secured against assets or cash flows from items such as car loans, credit card debt, mortgage loans, aircraft leases or royalty payments. The assets are pooled or bundled together and used as collateral for the issue of debt instruments in a process known as securitization. A special purpose vehicle (SPV [..]

Abbreviation for Association Cambiste Internationale. An umbrella organisation for a large number of national associations of foreign exchange dealers (cambistes) and other staff in regulated financial institutions.

Abbreviation for Asian Development Bank. A multilateral development finance institution, with headquarters in Manila, which works to reduce poverty in Asian and Pacific nations.

Abbreviation for American Depositary Receipt. The form in which shares of foreign companies are usually traded on U.S. stock markets. ADRs are issued by U.S. banks and represent a bundle of shares of a foreign company held in custody overseas. Trading in ADRs rather than the underlying shares reduces administration and trading costs, both for compa [..]

Abbreviation of Anonymi Eteria, Greek company title.

Abbreviation for African Development Bank. A development finance organization with headquarters in Tunis which aims to reduce poverty and promote social development among its members

Abbreviation of Aktiengesellschaft, a publicly traded, shareholder-owned, limited liability company; a type of legal entity widespread in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.