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Financial instrument

Any contract that gives rise to a financial asset of one party and a financial liability or equity instrument of another party.

Translations

Instrument financier

See also

Arbitrage
Debt instrument
Derivative
Equity instrument
Financial asset
Financial liability
Hedging item
Money market instrument
Off balance sheet instrument
Speculation

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About and credits

The Dictionary of Derivatives and Other Financial Instruments is available free of charge and offers investors, financial industry professionals, translators and the general public a bilingual reference covering concepts that can seem complex and confusing.

The tool contains:

Over 700 definitions (in English and French)
Synonyms
Explanatory notes
Comparisons between different concepts and terms

The dictionary was completed in 2009 thanks to financial support from the Education and Good Governance Fund administered by the Autorité des marchés financiers.

Credits

Note: The information below was valid at the time the tool was put online in 2009.

Research and drafting

Louis Ménard, FCPA, professor, École des sciences de la gestion, Université du Québec à Montréal, member of the French Terminology Committee of the Ordre des comptables agréés du Québec (Ordre), co-author of the dictionary
Antoni Dandonneau, lawyer, C.Tr., co-author of the dictionary

Reference Subcommittee

Jean-Jacques Lavoie, lawyer, C.Tr., assistant director and head translator, Language Services, The Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants (CICA) (Montreal), member of the Ordre’s French Terminology Committee, Subcommittee chair
Donald Lecours, academic director, in charge of courses on investment management and derivative products, CSI Global Education Inc.
Robert Lefrançois, FCPA, partner with the National Office of Samson Bélair/Deloitte & Touche, s.e.n.c.r.l.
Jean Marois, CPA, jeanmarois|traduction, member of the Ordre’s French Terminology Committee

Translation of definitions into English: Jane Finlayson, C.Tr., assistant director, CICA Language Services (Montreal)

Special collaboration on the English translation: Peter Martin, CPA, director, Accounting Standards, CICA (Toronto)

Project administrator for the CICA and substitute member of the Subcommittee: Suzanne Mondoux, C.Tr., director, CICA Language Services (Montreal)

Proofreading: Jacqueline Dionne, C.Tr., freelancer, and Manon Richard, C.Tr., CICA (Montreal)

Web platform design and development: Pierre Mondoux, Multi-services informatiques RPM inc.

Ordre staff member in charge of the project: Diane Messier, FCPA, vice-president, Education and Recruitment

Chair of the Ordre’s French Terminology Committee: Anne-Marie Robert, Ph.D., FCPA, professor, Faculty of Administration, Université de Sherbrooke

Sincerest thanks to the CICA Language Services Department staff for their support throughout the project and to Jean-François Joly, C.Tr., C.OCAQ, former director of the Department, who came up with the idea for this dictionary.