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enricHing national Progress ENRICHING SUSTAINABLE RETURNS

glossary of terms

iT (information Technology) SAA (Strategic Asset Allocation)

it is the acquisition, processing, storage and the primary goal of a saa is to create an asset mix that
dissemination of vocal, pictorial, textual and numerical will provide an optimal balance between expected risk
information by a microelectronics based combination of and returns for a long-term investment horizon.
computing and telecommunications.
SLA (Service-Level Agreement)
LEED Certification (Leadership in Energy and
Environmental Design Certification) the service contract component between a service
provider and customer.
leed is one of the most popular green building
certification programmes used worldwide. SUKUK

MENA (Middle East and North Africa) islamic bonds, structured in a way to generate returns
without infringing islamic law which prohibits interest or
an acronym for the middle east and north africa (mena) riba. sukuk represents undivided shares in the ownership
region. of tangible assets relating to particular projects or
MXWD (The MSCi World index) investment activity.

mXWd captures large and mid-cap representation Shariah-compliant Funds
across 23 developed markets (dm) countries. With 1,509 shariah-compliant funds are investment funds governed
constituents, the index covers approximately 85% of the by the requirements of shariah law and the principles
free float-adjusted market capitalisation in each country.
of the islamic religion. shariah-compliant funds are
OPEX (Operating Expenditure) considered to be a type of socially responsible investing.

an operating expenditure is an expense that a business TAA (Tactical Asset Allocation)
incurs through its normal business operations.
it is a method in which an investor takes a more active
OPR (Overnight Policy Rate) approach to position a portfolio into those assets,
sectors or individual stocks that show the most potential
opr is an overnight interest rate set by bnm used for for gains.
monetary policy direction. it is the target rate for the day-
to-day liquidity operations of the bnm. Total Return
ORE (Operational Risk Event) total return, when measuring performance, is the actual
rate of return of an investment or a pool of investments
ore arises from failure of the people, systems or
processes in an organisation. over a given evaluation period. total return includes
interest, capital gains, dividends and distributions
Quasi-Government Bonds realised over a given period of time.

bonds issued by non-government entities, but they are
usually backed by the government.

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