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Packaged Retail and Insurance-based Investment Product (PRIIP)

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

Maturity value

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Leverage

A method of trading using borrowed money that usually involves a very high level of risk.

Venture Capital

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

Hedge Fund

Investment funds that are often associated with riskier and shorter-term trading strategies.

Nominal amount

The face value of a gilt. It represents the amount that will be repaid to the holder at maturity and is also used to calculate the dividend or coupon payment.

Bond

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Gilt

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Internal Rate of Return (IRR)

A means of calculating the potential future return on an investment.

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