Annual Report 2011
Abbreviations

Abbreviations

 
A  
AA Company's Articles of Association
AAFS Annual Audited Financial Statements
AC Audit Committee
ADC Average Daily Contract
ADV Average Daily Value
AFS Available for Sale
AGM Annual General Meeting
ALD Authority Limits Document
APC Appeals Committee
ASEAN Association of Southeast Asian Nations
   
   
B  
BCP Business Continuity Plan
BEE Board Effectiveness Evaluation
BMD Bursa Malaysia Derivatives
BNM Bank Negara Malaysia
Board Board of Directors
BSAS Bursa Suq Al-Sila'
Bursa Kids Students from Bursa Adopted School and Children of Bursa's Employees
Bursa LINK Bursa Listing Information Network
Bursa Malaysia Bursa Malaysia Berhad
   
   
C  
CA Companies Act 1965
CAR Capital Adequacy Ratio
CBBC/CBBCs Callable Bull/Bear Certificate or its plural
CBS Corporate Balance Scorecard
CBRS CMDF Bursa Research Scheme
CC Compensation Committee
CCP Central Counter-Party
CDG Corporate Disclosure Guide
CDP Carbon Disclosure Project
CDS Central Depository System
CEO Chief Executive Officer
CFAB Certificates in Finance & Business Qualification
CFO Chief Financial Officer
CFTC Commodity Futures Trading Commission
CG Corporate Governance
CG Code Malaysian Code on Corporate Governance and its revision dated 1 October 2007
CGF Clearing Guarantee Fund
CGU/CGUs Cash Generating Units or its plural
CIA Chief Internal Auditor
CIOC China International Oils and Oilseeds Conference
CMDF Capital Market Development Fund
CME CME Group Inc.
CMSA Capital Markets and Services Act 2007
CNII Critical National Information Infrastructure
CO2 Carbon Dioxide
COI Conflicts of Interest
Company Bursa Malaysia Berhad
COLO Co-Location
CPE Continuous Professional Education
CPO Crude Palm Oil
CP/CPs Clearing Participant or its plural
CRM Corporate Risk Management
CRO Chief Regulatory Officer
CSR Corporate Social Responsibility
   
   
D  
DBT Direct Business Transaction
  (in accounts is referred to as Direct Business Trade)
DCF Derivatives Clearing Fund
DLFT Dual Licensing Fast Track
DR Disaster Recovery
DCS Derivatives Clearing system
D&O Directors and Officers
   
   
E  
EGM Extraordinary General Meeting
EPF Employees Provident Fund
EPS Earnings Per Share
ERM Enterprise Risk Management
ESG Economic, Social Governance
ESOS Employees' Share Option Scheme
ETP Economic Transformation Programme
ETF/ ETFs Exchange Traded Fund or its plural
EU European Union
   
   
F  
FBM FTSE Bursa Malaysia
FBRs Futures Broker's Representatives
FCPO Crude Palm Oil Futures
FIA Futures Industry Association
FKLI Kuala Lumpur Composite Index Futures
FRS/FRSs Financial Reporting Standard or its plural
FVTPL Fair Value Through Profit or Loss
FY Financial Year
   
   
G  
GHG Greenhouse Gas Emissions
GHR Group Human Resources
Group Bursa Malaysia Berhad and its group of companies
   
   
H  
HFT High Frequency Traders
Hons Honours
HTM Held To Maturity
   
   
I  
IA Internal Audit
ICAEW Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales
IDP Individual Development Plan
IDX International Derivatives Expo
IPO/IPOs Initial Public Offering or its plural
IR Investor Relations
ISMS Information Security Management System
ISS Institutional Settlement Services
ITIL Information Technology Infrastructure Library
   
   
J  
JPY Japanese Yen
   
   
K  
KL Kuala Lumpur
KLCI Kuala Lumpur Composite Index
KLIBOR Kuala Lumpur Interbank Offered Rate
KPI/KPIs Key Performance Indicator or its plural
   
   
L  
LC Listing Committee
LFX Labuan International Financial Exchange
LR Listing Requirements of Bursa Malaysia
LTI Long Term Incentive
   
   
M  
MA/MAs Management Associates or its plural
MAICSA Malaysian Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators
MAP Mandatory Accreditation Programme
MASB Malaysian Accounting Standards Board
MENA Middle East and North Africa
MFRS Malaysian Financial Reporting Standards
MIA Malaysian Institute of Accountants
MICPA Malaysian Institute of Certified Public Accountants
MMLR Main Market Listing Requirements
MOF Minister of Finance
MPC Market Participants Committee
MRAC Management Risk and Audit Committee
MSCI Morgan Stanley Capital International
MSWG Minority Shareholder Watchdog Group
   
   
N  
NED/NEDs Non-Executive Director or its plural
NEM New Economic Model
NGO Non-Governmental Organisation
NLT/NLTs Negotiated Large Trade or its plural
NRC Nomination and Remuneration Committee
NYSE New York Stock Exchange
   
   
O  
OMT On Market Transactions
OPR Overnight Policy Rate
OTC Over the Counter
   
   
P  
PAT Profit After Tax
PATAMI Profit After Tax & Minority Interest
PBT Profit Before Tax
PDT/PDTs Proprietary Day Trader or its plural
PEMANDU Performance Management and Delivery Unit
PID/PIDs Public Interest Director or its plural
PLC/PLCs Public Listed Company or its plural
PO Participating Organisation
PORAM Palm Oil Refiners Association of Malaysia
PSP Performance Share Plan
PwCAS Pricewaterhouse Coopers Advisory Services Sdn Bhd
   
   
Q  
Q&A Question & Answer
QDII Qualified Domestic Institutional Investor
   
   
R  
REIT/REITs Real Estate Investment Trusts or its plural
RM Ringgit Malaysia
RMC Risk Management Committee
ROE Return on Equity
RSP Restricted Share Plan
RWCR Risk Weighted Capital Ratio
   
   
S  
SBL Securities Borrowing and Lending
SC Securities Commission
SDN BHD Sendirian Berhad
SGD Singapore Dollar
SGP Share Grant Plan
SID Senior Independent Director
SIDC Securities Industry Development Corporation
SL1M Skim Latihan 1 Malaysia
SME Small Medium Enterprise
SRR Statutory Reserve Requirement
   
   
T  
TCP/TCPs Trading Clearing Participant or its plural
TOR/TORs Terms of Reference or its plural
TP/TPs Trading Participant or its plural
   
   
U  
UMA Unusual Market Activity
US United States
USD United States Dollar
   
   
W  
WPP Whistleblower Policy and Procedures
   
   
X  
X-MAYA A National Cyber Crisis Management Exercise
  Coordinated by the National Security Council
   
   
Y  
YTD Year to Date
 
List of Bursa Malaysia Subsidiaries
 
Bursa Malaysia Bonds   Bursa Malaysia Bonds Sdn. Bhd.
Bursa Malaysia Depository   Bursa Malaysia Depository Sdn. Bhd.
Bursa Malaysia Depository Nominees   Bursa Malaysia Depository Nominees Sdn. Bhd.
Bursa Malaysia Derivatives   Bursa Malaysia Derivatives Berhad
Bursa Malaysia Derivatives Clearing   Bursa Malaysia Derivatives Clearing Berhad
Bursa Malaysia Information   Bursa Malaysia Information Sdn. Bhd.
Bursa Malaysia Islamic Services   Bursa Malaysia Islamic Services Sdn. Bhd.
Bursa Malaysia Securities   Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad
Bursa Malaysia Securities Clearing   Bursa Malaysia Securities Clearing Sdn. Bhd.
LFX   Labuan International Financial Exchange