Terms beginning with I

• ICMA
  See International Capital Market Association....(Read more)
• IDB
  See interdealer broker....(Read more)
• IFA Association
  An association formed in September 1994 by a merger of the National Federation of Independent Financial Advisers (NFIFA) and the financial s...(Read more)
• IFA Promotion
  

  An organisation established in 1989 to improve the image of Independent Financial Advisers (IFAs) and their work and to encourage consume...(Read more)

• IMF
  The International Monetary Fund is an agency of the United Nations comprising 184 countries, working to foster global monetary cooperation, ...(Read more)
• Immediate Annuity
  See annuity....(Read more)
• Immediate-or-cancel Order
  A type of futures or options order that gives the market one opportunity to take the other side of the trade. After being announced, the ord...(Read more)
• Impact Day
  The day on which the availability of a prospectus is advertised and a flotation is officially announced, along with the pricing of the share...(Read more)
• Implied Volatility
  The volatility of the underlying instrument implied by the market value option's price....(Read more)
• IMRO
  The Investment Management Regulatory Organisation aimed to protect investors by setting and promoting standards of Òintegrity, competence a...(Read more)
• In House
  A term used in banking which refers to settlement of payments between accounts both held at the same branch....(Read more)
• In The Money
  Options or warrants with positive intrinsic value. In other words, a call option/warrant with an exercise price below the price of the under...(Read more)
• In-house
  A banking term referring to the settlement of payments between accounts both held at the same branch....(Read more)
• Incapacity Benefit
  A state benefit payable after the expiry of state sickness benefit if a person is still unfit to work. This replaced invalidity benefit and ...(Read more)
• Incentive Stock Option
  A stock option that specifies a set number of shares at a specified option price extending over a given period, which is free of tax when gr...(Read more)