Global Investment Performance Standards (GIPS)

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

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

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Stock Market

A place where shares of publicly listed companies are traded.
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Quantitative easing

Find out what quantitative easing is and how central banks use this monetary measure to encourage economic growth.
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Collective investment scheme

Learn what's a collective investment scheme
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Investment Return

The amount of money made or lost from an investment. Usually expressed as a percentage.
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OEIC

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

We look at what is a depository and what role they play in keeping markets work.
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Synthetic ETFs

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

We look at what earnings per share mean and how to calculate it
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Arithmetic Mean

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