The world of finance is complicated enough, without all the fancy words and obscure terms. In common with many businesses, financial services has a large number of abbreviations and technical terms that may well be unfamiliar to the man in the street, so we have included this Jargon Buster to help you understand what is being discussed or offered and to make sense of some of the terminology used in the financial world.

Please use the alphabetical menu on the lower left to help you find what you are looking for.

Please remember that this guide is only intended as a brief summary of key financial terms and there may well be certain omissions.