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EUREX
Definition: The European derivatives exchange formed in 1998 by a merger of the Deutsche Terminbörse (DTB) and the Swiss Options and Financial Futures Exchange (SOFFEX).
Euro
Definition: Originally, the term for a deposit made outside one's home country but denominated in the home country currency. This terminology is confusing now since the new European Currency unit, also called the Euro, was introduced on January 1, 1999.
Euro CDs
Definition: CDs issued by a U.S. bank branch or foreign bank located outside the U.S. Almost all Euro CDs are issued in London.
Euro Lines
Definition: Lines of credit granted by banks (foreign or foreign branches of U.S. banks) for Eurocurrencies.
Euro Straight
Definition: A fixed-rate coupon Eurobond.
Euro-commercial Paper
Definition: Short-term notes with maturities up to 360 days that are issued by companies in international money markets.
Euro-medium Term Note (Euro-MTN)
Definition: A nonunderwritten Euronote issued directly to the market. Euro-MTNs are offered continuously rather than all at once as a bond issue is. Most Euro-MTN maturities are under five years.
Euro-note
Definition: Short- to medium-term debt instrument sold in the Eurocurrency market.
Euro.NM
Definition: Created on March 1, 1996, Euro.NM is a pan- network of regulated markets dedicated to growth companies, regardless of their sector of activity or country of origin. Euro.NM member exchanges and their respective new markets consist of the Paris Stock Exchange (Le Nouveau Marché), the Deutsche Börse AG (Neuer Markt), the Amsterdam Exchanges (NMAX), and the Brussels Stock Exchange (Euro.NM Belgium).
Eurobank
Definition: A bank that regularly accepts foreign currency-denominated deposits and makes foreign currency loans.
Eurobond
Definition: A bond that is (1) underwritten by an international syndicate, (2) issued simultaneously to investors in a number of countries, and (3) issued outside the jurisdiction of any single country. Eurobonds are often bearer bonds.
Euroclear
Definition: The Euroclear group is the world's largest settlement system for domestic and international securities transactions, covering both bonds and equities for financial institutions located in over 80 countries.
Eurocredit Market
Definition: Comprises banks that accept deposits and provide loans in large denominations and in a variety of currencies. The banks that constitute this market are the same banks that constitute the Eurocurrency market; the difference is that Eurocredit loans are longer-term than so-called Eurocurrency loans.
Eurocredits
Definition: Intermediate-term loans of Eurocurrencies made by banking syndicates to corporate and government borrowers.
Eurocurrency
Definition: Instrument issued outside your country, but denominated in your currency. A Eurodollar is a Certificate of Deposit in U.S. dollars issued in some other country (though mainly traded in London). A Euroyen is a CD issued in yen outside Japan.
Eurocurrency Deposit
Definition: A short-term fixed-rate time deposit denominated in a currency other than the local currency (e.g., U.S. dollars deposited in a London bank).
Eurocurrency Market
Definition: The money market for borrowing and lending currencies that are held in the form of deposits in banks located outside the countries where the currencies are issued as legal tender.
Eurodollar
Definition: Refers to a certificate of deposit in U.S. dollars in a bank that is not located in the U.S. Most of the Eurodollar deposits are in London banks, but Eurodeposits may be anywhere other than the U.S. Similarly, a Euroyen or Euro DM deposit represents a CD in yen or DM outside Japan and Germany, respectively.
Eurodollar Bonds
Definition: Eurobonds denominated in U.S.dollars.
Eurodollar Certificate Of Deposit
Definition: A certificate of deposit paying interest and principal in dollars, but issued by a bank outside the United States, usually in Europe.
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