Costs and Charges

The money you pay when investing.

The money you pay when investing.

More terms

Venture Capital

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

Hypothesis Testing

A mathematical test used to determine whether a claim is true or false.
Read more

Net asset value

Mutual funds and investment trusts are priced on their net asset value (NAV).
Read more

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).
Read more

Key Information Document (KID)

A document issued by an investment fund to help investors determine if it's the right fund for them.
Read more

Net Income (NI)

The money a firm is left with from sales after subtracting taxes and different business costs.
Read more

DMO

The United Kingdom Debt Management Office. It’s an executive agency responsible for managing the government’s debt and cash needs, primarily through issuing gilts and Treasury bills.
Read more

Oligopoly

A situation in which a market or industry is controlled by a small group of companies.
Read more

Account balance

The amount of money a user has stored in a financial repository.
Read more

You’re just minutes away from commission-free investing

When you invest, your capital is at risk