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Global Investment Performance Standards (GIPS)

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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The data or information that is likely to impact a company's stock price.

Quantitative easing

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Internal Rate of Return (IRR)

A means of calculating the potential future return on an investment.

Key Information Document (KID)

A document issued by an investment fund to help investors determine if it's the right fund for them.

Packaged Retail and Insurance-based Investment Product (PRIIP)

An investment where, regardless of its legal form, the amount repayable to the retail investor is subject to fluctuations.

Money laundering

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

Year to Date (YTD)

A period of time that starts with the first day of the current calendar year and ends with today.

Geometric Mean Return

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

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