What are 'Global Investment Performance Standards (GIPS)'? Definition & meaning

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Gross Margin

The difference between a company's revenue and the cost to produce its goods/services, divided by revenue.

Coupon

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.

Hedge Fund

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

Account balance

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

Fixed Income

An investment that provides a fixed rate of return, often over a specific set of time.

Synthetic ETFs

An ETF that that reproduces the return of an index through the use of swaps.

index-linked gilts

Gilts where the dividends and principal repayments are related to movements in the Retail Prices Index (RPI). This is as opposed to a conventional gilt, where the dividends and principal repayments are fixed in nominal terms.

Wall Street

A street in New York that became a figure of speech for the financial markets of the US.

Forward pricing

Mutual funds are traded on a forward pricing basis, meaning the price you see will be different to the price you may trade at.

Global Investment Performance Standards (GIPS)