What are 'conventional gilts'? Definition & meaning

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Time-Weighted Rate of Return (TWRR)

A return calculated over the time period invested, that excludes extraneous elements, such as deposits to and withdrawals from the investment accounted.

Xetra

A trading venue operated by the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.

Venture Capital Trust (VCT)

A listed company run by a fund manager, investing mainly in private companies.e.

Conventional gilts

Gilts where the dividends and principal repayments are fixed in nominal terms. This is as opposed to an index-linked gilt where the dividends and principal repayments are related to movements in the Retail Prices Index (RPI).

Venture Capital

A type of financing that investors provide to startups, who sometimes announce getting said financing in TechCrunch, to big fanfare.

Gross Margin

The difference between a company's revenue and the cost to produce its goods/services, divided by revenue.

Fundamentals

The data or information that is likely to impact a company's stock price.

Coupon

Also called a dividend, this is the fixed annual interest paid to gilt holders. It’s usually paid in two equal, semi-annual instalments and expressed as a percentage of the nominal value of the gilt.

SPAC

Find our what a SPAc or special purpose acquisition company is.

Conventional gilt