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

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Interest Rate

The amount a lender charges for lending your money, or a borrower pays you for borrowing your money.

Yield

Income from an investment as a percentage of its current price.

Retail Prices Index (RPI)

An index published each month by the Office for National Statistics, which measures the level of retail prices in the UK. Cash flows on all index-linked gilts are linked to the RPI.

Compound interest

Understand what compound interest means and how it's calculated

Geometric Mean Return

A way of calculating compound returns on an investment or savings over a set period of time.

Gross Margin

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

Money laundering

A method of moving money obtained illicitly through the financial system so it can be used legally.

Stock Market

A place where shares of publicly listed companies are traded.

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.

Global Investment Performance Standards (GIPS)