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Professional Client

An investor that is able to meet several regulatory criteria.

Quick ratio

Learn what quick ratio stands for in financial terms and how to calculate it.

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).

NASDAQ

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

Accrued interest

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

Venture Capital

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

Year to Date (YTD)

A period of time that starts with the first day of the current calendar year and ends with today.

Key Information Document (KID)

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

UK Treasury bill

A debt instrument issued by the UK government with a maturity of less than one year.

Fundamentals