Global Investment Performance Standards (GIPS)

Learn what a custodian bank is.

Tradeable assets that let Americans invest in overseas stocks using US laws and dollars.

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.

A situation in which one person's gain is another's loss.

A trading venue operated by the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.

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).

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

An exchange-traded fund that is comprised of a set of stocks.

Unique to the UK, these funds pool together money to invest from multiple investors.