| ABCP | asset-backed commercial paper |
| AEFD | African Employers’ Forum on Disability |
| AFR | available financial resources |
| AFS | available for sale |
| 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 |
| AML | anti-money-laundering |
| APE | annualised premium equivalent |
| ARFG | adjusted recognition for gender |
| ATF | African Task Force |
| ATM | automated teller machine |
| BaU | business as usual |
| BBBEE | broad-based black economic empowerment |
| BEE | black economic empowerment |
| BESA | Bond Exchange of South Africa |
| BFSR | bank financial strength rating |
| BMF | Black Management Forum |
| BPS | basis points |
| BRMF | Business Risk Management Forum |
| BSM | balance sheet management |
| CAGR | compound annual growth rate |
| CCR | counterparty credit risk |
| CE | chief executive |
| CEM | Current Exposure Method |
| CEO | chief executive officer |
| CFO | chief financial officer |
| CF | commodities finance |
| CFT | combating the financing of terrorists |
| CGT | capital gains taxation |
| CGU | cash-generating unit |
| CIS | client information system |
| CLAA | Corporate Laws Amendment Act |
| CLR | credit loss ratio |
| CMAT™ | Customer Management Assessment Tool™ |
| CPI | consumer price index |
| CSI | corporate social investment |
| CVP | client value proposition |
| DSTI | deferred short-term incentive |
| dti | Department of Trade and Industry |
| EAD | exposure at default |
| EaR | earnings at risk |
| Ecap | economic capital |
| ED | exposure draft |
| EDP | Executive Development Programme |
| EDW | electronic data warehousing |
| EE | employment equity |
| EGC | enterprise governance and compliance |
| EME | emerging macroenterprise |
| EMTN | Euro medium-term note |
| EP | economic profit |
| EPS | earnings per share |
| ERCO | Enterprisewide Risk Committee |
| ERM | enterprisewide risk management |
| ERMF | Enterprisewide Risk Management Framework |
| ETL | expected tail loss |
| EVE | economic value of equity |
| EVP | employee value proposition |
| Exco | executive committee |
| FAIS | Financial Advisory and Intermediary Services Act |
| FCI | Financial Control Initiative |
| FCT | foreign currency translation |
| FIC | Financial Intelligence Centre |
| FICA | Financial Intelligence Centre Act |
| FICC | fixed income, currency and commodities |
| forex | foreign exchange |
| FSC | Financial Sector Charter |
| FSEP | financial services economic profit |
| FTE | fulltime equivalent |
| FV | fair value |
| FWP | flexible work practices |
| FX | foreign exchange |
| GAC | Group Audit Committee |
| GDP | gross domestic product |
| GFD | Group Finance Division |
| GIA | Group Internal Audit |
| GIBS | Gordon Institute of Business |
| GLC | global local currency |
| GMCCA | Group Marketing, Communications and Corporate Affairs |
| GRCMC | Group Risk and Capital Management Committee |
| GSCA | Group Strategy and Corporate Affairs |
| HCD | human capital development |
| HR | human resources |
| HVCRE | high-volatility commercial real estate |
| IAS | International Accounting Standards |
| IAS | Investment Analyst Society |
| IASB | International Accounting Standards Board |
| IBC | inside back cover |
| ICAAP | internal capital adequacy assessment process |
| IDR | Issuer Default Rating |
| IFRS | International Financial Reporting Standards |
| IPRE | income-producing real estate |
| IR | Implementation Report |
| IR | industrial relations |
| 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 |
| ISMA | International Security Management Association |
| IT | information technology |
| JIBAR | Johannesburg Interbank Agreed Rate |
| JV | joint venture |
| LGD | loss given default |
| LIBOR | London Interbank Offered Rate |
| LTI | long-term incentive |
| LTIP | long-term incentive plan |
| LTV | loan to value |
| M&A | mergers and acquisitions |
| MDP | Management Development Plan |
| MFC | Motor Finance Corporation |
| MIP | Matched Investment Plan |
| MLCP | Money-laundering Control Programme |
| NAV | net asset value |
| NBCV | Nederlandsche Bank en Credietvereeniging voor Zuid-Afrika |
| NBSA | Netherlands Bank of South Africa |
| NCA | National Credit Act |
| NEEF | Nedbank Employment Equity Forum |
| NEPAD | New Partnership for Africa’s Development |
| NGDP | Nedbank Graduate Development Programme |
| NGR | Nedbank Group Rating |
| NIB | Nedcor Investment Bank |
| NII | net interest income |
| NIR | non-interest revenue |
| NP | non-performing |
| NPO | non-profit organisation |
| NPAT | net profit after tax |
| OF | object finance |
| OTC | over the counter |
| PD | probability of default |
| PEP | politically exposed person |
| PF | project finance |
| PIP | property in possession |
| PWD | People With Disabilities |
| QSE | qualifying small enterprise |
| RACI | Responsible/Accountable/Consulted/Informed |
| RAPM | risk-adjusted performance measurement |
| REPO | repurchase agreement |
| RMBS | residential-mortgage-backed securitisation programme |
| ROA | return on total assets |
| ROE | return on ordinary shareholders’ equity |
| RORAC | return on risk-adjusted capital |
| RWA | risk-weighted asset |
| SA | Standardised Approach |
| SADC | Southern African Development Community |
| SAR | share appreciation rights |
| SARB | South African Reserve Bank |
| SARS | South African Revenue Service |
| SBP | share-based payments |
| SENS | Securities Exchange News Service |
| SFT | securities financing transaction |
| SIMCO | Strategic Innovation Management Committee |
| SIP | Strategic Improvement Programme |
| 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 |
| SRTO | Strategic Recovery and Turnaround Office |
| STC | secondary tax on companies |
| STI | short-term incentive |
| STP | straight-through processing |
| TOPP | Training Outside Public Practice |
| TRAHRCO | Transformation and Human Resources Committee TTC through the cycle |
| UNEP FI | United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative |
| VAF | vehicle and asset finance |
| VaR | value at risk |