Welcome to Your Financial Glossary
Navigating the world of finance can be intimidating, especially when you’re just starting out. That’s why we’ve created this glossary of essential financial terms to help you better understand money matters in South Africa.
Whether you’re opening your first bank account, investing in the stock market, or planning for retirement, knowing these terms will give you a solid foundation.
p
- Purchasing Power Index
- Pure Risk
- Put Option
- Puttable Bond
q
- QR Code Payment
- QR Code Payments
- Quantitative Easing
- Quantitative Easing Measures
r
- R-Squared in Finance
- Rate of Exchange
- Rational Expectations
- Real Effective Exchange Rate
- Real Estate
- Real Estate Financing
- Real Estate Investment
- Real Estate Investment Group (REIG)
- Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT)
- Real Exchange Rate
- Real Time Clearing (RTC)
- Real Wage Growth
- Receivables Finance
- Recourse Factoring
- Recursive Proofs
- Redistribution of Wealth
- Redraw Facility
- Reference Basket of Currencies
- Reference Rate
- Regressive Tax
- RegTech (Regulatory Technology)
- RegTech Solutions
- Regulated Market
- Regulation 28
- Regulatory Arbitrage
- Regulatory Capital
- Regulatory Compliance
- Regulatory Rehabilitation
- Regulatory Sandbox
- Reinsurance
- Reinsurance Treaty
- Renewable Term Insurance
- Rental Income
- Renters Insurance
- Repatriation of Funds
- Repo Rate
- REPO Rate
- Reputational Risk
- Reserve Requirement
- Resident Status
- Residual Income
- Resource Allocation
- Retail Banking
- Retail Branch
- Retail Credit
- Retail Sales Index
- Retirement Annuity
- Retirement Annuity Fund (RA)
- Retirement Benefits Counselling
- Retirement Planning
- Retrieval Cost
- Retrocession
- Return on Assets (ROA)
- Return on Equity (ROE)
- Return on Investment (ROI)
- Return on Sales (ROS)
- Revenue Recognition
- Reverse Stock Split
- Reverse Takeover
- Revolving Credit Account
- Rider (Insurance)
- Rights Issue
- Risk-Adjusted Return
- Risk Assessment
- Risk Assessment Framework
- Risk-Based Capital
- Risk Management Framework
- Risk Retention
- Risk Tolerance
- Risk Tolerance Assessment
- Risk Transfer
- Risk-Weighted Assets
- Roadshow
- Roadshow for IPO
- Robo-Advisor
- Robo-Advisors
- Roth IRA Account
s
- Safe Deposit Box
- Sales Tax
- SARS Filing
- Savings Account
- Savings and Investment Club
- Savings Certificate
- Savings Goal
- Savings Plan
- Scenario Analysis
- Scrip Dividend
- Seasoned Equity Offering (SEO)
- Second Property Mortgage
- Secure Socket Layer (SSL)
- Securities and Exchange
- Securities Financing Transaction Regulation (SFTR)
