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What is a gilt?

How banks work out what investors will pay for shares before an IPO, one order at a time.

A US stock exchange specialising in the shares of technology companies.

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

An index published each month by the Office for National Statistics, which measures the level of retail prices in the UK. Cash flows on all index-linked gilts are linked to the RPI.

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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).

The percentage by which an investor outperforms a relevant benchmark.

The famous greenback our friends in the US use as currency.