Glossary of financial terms

P&D

(market transactions)

P/B

(fundamental analysis)

P/E

(equities)

P2P

(corporate finance)

PA

(market participants)

Par

(financial instruments)

Par asset swap

(interest rate derivatives)

Par swap

(interest rate derivatives)

Par value

(debt instruments)

Path-dependent option

(options)

Path to profitability (P2P)

(corporate finance)

Paulson plan

(economy)

Pay-fixed swaption

(interest rate derivatives)

Payables

(accounting)

Payer swaption

(interest rate derivatives)

Paying agent

(interest rate instruments)

Payment aggregator

(payments)

Payment date

(market transactions)

Payment netting

(payments)

Payment Services Directive (PSD)

(financial system)

Payment system

(payments)

Payment versus payment (PvP)

(market transactions)

Payout fund

(asset management)

Payout ratio

(equities)

PBR

(fundamental analysis)

PCP

(options)

Pension fund

(asset management)

PEP

(illicit activities)

PER

(fundamental analysis)

Performance attribution

(asset management)

Perp

(bonds)

Perpetual annuity

(financial mathematics)

Perpetual bond

(bonds)

Perpetuity

(financial mathematics)

Personal finance

(finance (general))

Personal Investment Management & Financial Advice Association (PIMFA)

(wealth management)

PESTEL

(economy)

PESTEL analysis

(corporate finance)

PF

(financial instruments)

Pfandbrief

(bonds)

PFD

(stock markets)

Philanthropic advising

(investments)

Physical securities agent

(issuance)

PIMFA

(personal finance)

PIPE

(corporate finance)

Pit broker

(market participants)

Place of safekeeping

(financial instruments)

Placing

(interest rate instruments)

Plain vanilla

(derivatives)

Plaza Accord

(monetary policy)

PLC

(corporate finance)

PN

(corporate finance)

PO

(bonds)

POA

(finance (general))

Politically exposed person (PEP)

(illicit activities)

Pool factor (PF)

(securitisation)

POP

(equities)

POR

(equities)

Portfolio

(investments)

Portfolio manager (in asset management)

(asset management)

Portfolio rebalancing

(investments)

Portfolio risk

(investments)

POS

(financial instruments)

Power of attorney (POA)

(finance (general))

PP&E

(accounting)

PPE

(accounting)

PPI

(economy)

PPP

(economy)

Pre-settlement risk (PSR)

(risk management)

Preceding

(financial instruments)

Preferred stock

(equities)

Premium

(options)

Prepayment

(securitisation)

Prepayment

(accounting)

Prepayment risk

(risk management)

Present value

(time value of money)

Present value factor

(time value of money)

Price-earnings ratio (PER)

(equities)

Price-to-book ratio (P/B)

(fundamental analysis)

Price-to-equity ratio

(fundamental analysis)

Price currency

(foreign exchange instruments)

Price discovery

(financial instruments)

Price interest point (pip)

(foreign exchange instruments)

Price tick

(financial instruments)

Price value of a basis point (PVBP)

(bonds)

Pricing supplement

(interest rate instruments)

Primary market

(financial markets)

Principal (of a bond)

(bonds)

Principal-only (PO)

(bonds)

Principal-protected note (PPN)

(structured products)

Principal paying agent

(interest rate instruments)

Principal protection

(financial instruments)

Principal repayment

(debt instruments)

Principal risk

(risk management)

Private bank

(banking system)

Private equity

(corporate finance)

Private investment in public equity (PIPE)

(corporate finance)

Private placement

(financial instruments)

Producer price index (PPI)

(economy)

Profit

(accounting)

Profitability ratio

(corporate finance)

Profit Before Interest and Taxes (PBIT)

(financial analysis)

Profit margin

(corporate finance)

Program

(interest rate instruments)

Promissory note

(financial instruments)

Property, plant, and equipment (PP&E)

(accounting)

Property appraisal

(real estate)

Proprietary information agreement (PIA)

(finance (general))

Prospectus

(interest rate instruments)

PSA

(interest rate markets)

PSD

(financial system)

PSR

(risk management)

Public finance

(finance (general))

Public float

(corporate finance)

Public limited company (PLC)

(corporate finance)

Public offering price (POP)

(equities)

Public Securities Association (PSA)

(interest rate markets)

Public takeover bid

(equities)

Pump and dump (P&D)

(market transactions)

Purchasing power parity (PPP)

(economy)

Put

(options)

Put-call parity

(options)

Put option

(options)

PV

(finance (general))

PV

(financial mathematics)

PVBP

(bond markets)

PVf

(financial mathematics)

PVP

(market transactions)

Glossary of financial terms - Letter P