Equity-Linked Note — An Equity Linked Note (ELN) is a debt instrument, usually a bond, that differs from a standard fixed income security in that the final payout is based on the return of the underlying equity , which can be a single stock, basket of stocks, or an… … Wikipedia
Credit-linked note — A credit linked note (CLN) is a form of funded credit derivative. It is structured as a security with an embedded credit default swap allowing the issuer to transfer a specific credit risk to credit investors. The issuer is not obligated to repay … Wikipedia
ELN — may refer to:*Equity linked note, a financial instrument *Elastin, a protein * Ejército de Liberación Nacional , see **National Liberation Army (Colombia) **National Liberation Army (Bolivia) *Electronic lab notebook, a software program *Élan, an … Wikipedia
Credit derivative — In finance, a credit derivative is a securitized derivative whose value is derived from the credit risk on an underlying bond, loan or any other financial asset. In this way, the credit risk is on an entity other than the counterparties to the… … Wikipedia
Minibond — is a brand name for a series of structured financial notes issued in Hong Kong under the control of Lehman Brothers. It is a misnomer to describe the Minibond as credit linked note because of the Synthetic Collateralised Debt Obligations hidden… … Wikipedia
Constant proportion portfolio insurance — (CPPI) is a capital guarantee derivative security that embeds a dynamic trading strategy in order to provide participation to the performance of a certain underlying asset. See also dynamic asset allocation. The intuition behind CPPI was adopted… … Wikipedia
Credit default swap — If the reference bond performs without default, the protection buyer pays quarterly payments to the seller until maturity … Wikipedia
Contract for difference — In finance, a contract for difference (or CFD) is a contract between two parties, typically described as buyer and seller , stipulating that the buyer will pay to the seller the difference between the current value of an asset and its value at… … Wikipedia
Contango — The graph depicts how the price of a single forward contract will behave through time in relation to the expected future price at any point time. A contract in contango will decrease in value until it equals the spot price of the underlying at… … Wikipedia