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

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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.

Custodian bank

Learn what a custodian bank is.

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

Global Investment Performance Standards (GIPS)

A set of standards which investors use to present their investment results.

Spot Rate

The currency exchange rate a bank quotes, valid with immediate effect.

Arithmetic Mean

The sum of a set of numbers added together and then divided by the total amount of numbers in that set.

Free Trade

The other free trade. International trade in which countries allow goods to flow across their borders without imposing import or export taxes.

Total Return

This is the measurement of a fund’s performance in a specific period.

Profit and Loss Statement (P&L)

A statement that summarises firm's expenses, costs, and revenues incurred during a time period. AKA income statement.

Global Investment Performance Standards (GIPS)

More terms

Nominal amount

Custodian bank

Accrued interest

Global Investment Performance Standards (GIPS)

Spot Rate

Arithmetic Mean

Free Trade

Total Return

Profit and Loss Statement (P&L)

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