Initial confusion: The financial planning profession is a puzzling sea of acronyms with a deluge of designations contending for the public's attention. And there's no solution in sight CA Magazine (11/1/2002)
...Illustration [Not Transcribed] The financial planning profession is a puzzling sea of acronyms with a deluge of designations...no solution in sight The financial planner who handed out...and SFG (self-appointed financial guru). OK, maybe that last...used by those offering financial planning ...

Why the FSA's latest acronym is a bit OTT.(Financial Services Authority)(over the top) Financial Adviser (8/5/2004)
Another week, another acronym. Last week, the FSA gave us a new one: TCF. My initial search through...the individual concerned announced he or she was appealing to the Financial Ombudsman Service, the complaint would be upheld by the company...

Secured transactions: an integrated classroom approach using financial statements and acronyms. Journal of Education for Business (3/1/2005)
...accounts receivable, and so forth. The students use acronyms to organize the steps necessary for becoming a secured creditor. The acronym CAPP helps students understand that one must classify...but it also links the secured transaction issue to financial statements. The tools of this integrated approach ...

Jason Wallis, vice president/loan officer at the Farmington office of First Federal Bank, received an Ice Tip Award, an acronym recognizing integrity, commitment, excellence, teamwork, innovation and professionalism.(FINANCIAL SERVICES) Arkansas Business (10/15/2007)
...OMITTED] Jason Wallis, vice president/loan officer at the Farmington office of First Federal Bank, received an Ice Tip Award, an acronym recognizing integrity, commitment, excellence, teamwork, innovation and professionalism. Other winners include Sonya Edwards...

If you think some financial acronyms are overused or just plain irritating, then the latest interpre. Financial News (9/1/2002)
...are also changing, it seems. CEO changes from chief executive officer to chief embezzlement officer and CFO loses its chief financial officer label to become corporate fraud officer instead. For all you optimists out there, take a raincheck. The new definition...

Sorting out the clutter: as management accountants and financial managers you've been besieged by three-letter acronyms touting the latest and greatest strategic costing methods to help manage your business operations. Do they really help? How would you know?(Accounting) Strategic Finance (8/1/2005)
...center was experiencing severe customer dissatisfaction and financial problems related to inaccurate bills, late bills, lost bills...center implementation a success? Yes. See Table 1 for macro financial and operational measures. We cre

What's in a Finance Acronym? Surprise... Very Little.: The drumbeat for CRM has grown so loud that the industry became swept up in a technology spending spree.(Brief Article) Bank Technology News (7/1/2003)
...stiff competition, players in financial services have been bombarded...buzzwords, catch phrases and acronyms. After years of careful observation...might argue the money's in the acronym, not in what the acronym actually means. Take CRM, for...

Just another acronym: acronyms don't create industries, innovation does. PLM is just an acronym.(Rant: really opinionated people)(Performance Level Modeling chided) Design News (12/1/2003)
...THE DOT.COM MANIA had produced a financial valuation bubble that exploded in...words, which they then morph into acronyms. Their aura leads career-building...pilot projects, and draws praise from financial and industry analysts whose stock...brilliantly new and beneficial way. The acronym PLM is a ...

APOLOGY GIVEN FOR OFFENSIVE ACRONYM The Record (Bergen County, NJ) (12/9/1993)
...12-09-1993 APOLOGY GIVEN FOR OFFENSIVE ACRONYM -- MORRIS FREEHOLDER STILL BACKS JAIL...O'Brien expressed sorrow for using the acronym BANANA and a picture of the fruit to...freeholder said he innocently took the acronym -- meaning Build Absolutely Nothing...hammered away at environmental and ...