Coupon

A collective investment scheme the investors pay money into in exchange for units. The money is invested in a diversified portfolio of assets.

The interest earned on a gilt since the last dividend date. When buying a gilt, the buyer pays the accrued interest at the time of a transaction to the seller in addition to the clean price of the gilt

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

The amount of money generated by an asset during the time that it was held by an investor..

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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.

An investment where, regardless of its legal form, the amount repayable to the retail investor is subject to fluctuations.

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