ABBREVIATIONS, ACRONYMS AND INITIALISMS

ABCP asset-backed commercial paper
ABET Adult Basic Education and Training
ACSA Airports Company of South Africa
AGM annual general meeting
AIRB Advanced Internal Ratings-based
AJTP activity-justified transfer pricing
ALCO Asset and Liability Committee
ALM asset and liability management
ALSI all-share index
AMA Advanced Measurement Approach
AMP Advanced Management Programme
ASA Athletics South Africa
ATM automated teller machine
BA Banks Act
BEE black economic empowerment
BESA Bond Exchange of South Africa
BMF Black Management Forum
BRMF Business Risk Management Forum
CAPM Capital Adequacy Projection Model
CAGR compound annual growth rate
CAR capital adequacy ratio
CE chief executive
CEM current exposure method
CF commodities finance
CFO Chief Financial Officer
CFT combating of the financing of terrorist and related activities
CGU cash-generating unit
CMAT Client Management Assessment Tool
CMF Capital Management Framework
CMVU Credit Models Validation Unit
COE cost of equity
CPIX consumer price index excluding mortgage bond interest cost
CPM Credit Portfolio Model
CRO Chief Risk Officer
CSI corporate social investment
CVaR credit value at risk
DBSA Development Bank of South Africa
DCC divisional credit committee
DCM Debt Capital Markets
dEL downturn expected loss
DJSI Dow Jones World Sustainability Index
dLGD downturn loss-given default
DoL Department of Labour
DSTI deferred short-term incentive
dti Department of Trade and Industry
EAD exposure at default
EaR earnings at risk
Ecap economic capital
ECC Executive Credit Committee
ECM Equity Capital Markets
ED enterprise development
EDP Executive Development Programme
EE employment equity
EEF Employment Equity Forum
EFO Executive Financial Officer
EGC enterprise governance and compliance
EL expected loss
EME emerging microenterprise
EMTN European medium-term note programme
EP economic profit
EPS earnings per share
ERCO Enterprisewide Risk Committee
ERM enterprisewide risk management
ERMF Enterprisewide Risk Management Framework
ESAAMLG Eastern and Southern Africa Anti-money-laundering Group
ETDP Education and Training Development Practices
ETI Ecobank Transnational Incorporated
EVE economic value of equity
EVP employee value proposition
Exco executive committee
FAIS Financial Advisory and Intermediary Services Act
FCL foreign currency loans
FCTR foreign currency translation reserve
FIC Financial Intelligence Centre
FICA Financial Intelligence Centre Act
forex foreign exchange
FSC Financial Sector Charter
FTE fulltime equivalent
FTP funds transfer pricing
FVTPL fair value through profit or loss
FX foreign exchange
GAC Group Audit Committee
GCC Group Credit Committee
GCRF Group Credit Risk Management Framework
GCRM Group Credit Risk Monitoring
GDP gross domestic product
GIA Group Internal Audit
GIBS Gordon Institute of Business
GMRM Group Market Risk Monitoring
GORF Group Operational Risk Management Framework
GORM Group Operational-risk Monitoring
GRI Global Reporting Initiative
GT Group Technology
HC  headcount
HCD human capital development
HEPS headline earnings per share
HR Human Resources
HVCRE high-volatility commercial real estate
IAS International Accounting Standards
IASB International Accounting Standards Board
ICAAP internal capital adequacy assessment process
IEP International Executive Programme
IFRIC International Financial Reporting Interpretations Committee
IFRS International Financial Reporting Standards
INSEAD Institute of Risk Management South Africa
IPRE income-producing real estate
IRB internal ratings-based
IRMSA Institute of Risk Management South Africa
IRRBB interest rate risk in the banking book
ISDA International Swaps and Derivatives Association
ISLA International Securities Lending Association
ISMA International Security Management Association
IT information technology
ITBLP Information Technology Banking Learnership Programme
JIBAR Johannesburg Interbank Agreement Rate
JV joint venture
KRI key risk indicator
LDP Leadership Development Programme
LGD loss-given default
LSM Living Standards Measure
LTI long-term incentive
LTV loan to value
M maturity
M&A mergers and acquisitions
MAP Management Advancement Programme
MDP Management Development Plan
MFC Motor Finance Corporation
MIP Matched Investment Plan
MIS management information system
MLCP Money-laundering Control Programme
MTM mark-to-market
NAV net asset value
NBCV Nederlandsche Bank en Credietvereeniging voor Zuid-Afrika
NBS Natal Building Society
NBSA Netherlands Bank of South Africa
NBZA Nederlandsche Bank voor Zuid-Afrika
NCA National Credit Act
NCD negotiable certificate of deposit
NEEF Nedbank Employment Equity Forum
NEI Nedbank ethics indicator
NGO Non-governmental organisation
NGR Nedbank Group rating
NIB Nedcor Investment Bank
NII net interest income
NIR non-interest revenue
NPA non-performing advance
NPO non-profitable organisation
npv net present value
NTR Nedbank transaction rating
OF object finance
OMART Old Mutual Alternative Risk Transfer Fund
OMSA Old Mutual South Africa
Opcom Group Operations Committee
OTC over the counter
PASA Payment Association of South Africa
P & L profit and loss
PD probability of default
PIC Public Investment Corporation
PIP property in possession
PF project finance
POS point of sale
PRP Prince's Rainforest Project
PSL Premier Soccer League
PWD People With Disabilities
QSE qualifying small enterprise
RAPM risk-adjusted performance measurement
ROA return on assets
ROE return on equity
RORAC return on risk-adjusted capital
RWA risk-weighted asset
SA Standardised Approach
SADC South African Development Community
SAFEX South African Futures Exchange
SAR share appreciation right
SARB South African Reserve Bank
SARS South African Revenue Service
SBPR share-based payments reserve
SCP Strategic Capital Plan
SENS Securities Exchange News Service
SFT securities financing transaction
SLDP Senior Leadership Development Programme
SMB Strategic Management in Banking
SME small and medium enterprise
SOA service-oriented architecture
SPE special-purpose entity
SPV special-purpose vehicle
SREP supervisory review and evaluation process
SRI Socially Responsible Investment
SST self-service terminal
STC secondary tax on companies
STI short-term incentive
TIP transactional and investment products
TOPP Training Outside Public Practice
TRAHRCO Transformation and HR Committee
TTC through the cycle
UK LTIP United Kingdom long-term incentive plan
UN United Nations
UNEP FI United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiatives
USD United States dollar
VAF vehicle and asset finance
VaR value at risk
VAT value-added tax
WBS Wits Business School
WSP Workplace Skills Plan
WWF WorldWide Fund for Nature
WWFSA WorldWide Fund for Nature – South Africa
YOY year-on-year