Equity

A summary of a company's income and expenses over a set period of time.

What's the base rate?

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

A legal requirement for financial firms to understand exactly who their customers are. Used to prevent money laundering and terrorist financing.

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

Understand what compound interest means and how it's calculated

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.

Trading outside of a stock exchange's opening hours.

An investment strategy in which money is put into a variety assets.