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Refers to a statistical measure of the degree to which two securities move in relation to each other.

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Refers to the credit spread of a financial instrument. A credit spread is the difference in yield between a U.S. Treasury bond and a debt security with the same maturity but of lesser quality. A credit spread can also refer to an options strategy where a high premium option is sold and a low premium option is bought on the same underlying security

No definition available.

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An adjustment to the valuation of OTC derivative contracts to reflect the credit worthiness of OTC derivative counterparties

No definition available.

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The amount of impact due to the CVA and DVA adjustment.

No definition available.

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An adjustment made by an entity to the valuation of OTC derivative liabilities to reflect within fair value the entitys own credit risk

No definition available.

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Refers to the implied volatility of a financial instument over a period of time.Volatility is a statistical measure of the dispersion of returns for a given security or market index. Volatility can either be measured by using the standard deviation or variance between returns from that same security or market index. Commonly, the higher the volatility, the riskier the security.

No definition available.

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The amount of FVA adjustment. This adjustment aims to capture the impact of funding and liquidity on the cost of a trade.

No definition available.

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Refers to unobservable inputs that have not been directly

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Refers to the Volatility of the price of a financial instrument. Volatility is a statistical measure of the dispersion of returns for a given security or market index. Volatility can either be measured by using the standard deviation or variance between returns from that same security or market index. Commonly, the higher the volatility, the riskier the security.

No definition available.

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Refers to the recovery rate of a financial instrument. Recovery rate is the extent to which principal and accrued interest on defaulted debt can be recovered, expressed as a percentage of face value. The recovery rate can also be defined as the value of a security when it emerges from default.

No definition available.

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Refers to a measure of the volatility, or systematic risk, of a security or a portfolio in comparison to the market as a whole.

No definition available.

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Line items represent concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes of the table.

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