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

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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.

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.

Money weighted rate of return

Learn what Money Weighted Rate of Return or MWRR stands for in finance.

Free Trade

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

Net Asset Value (NAV)

The value of a company's assets relative to the number of shares it has.

Diversification

An investment strategy in which money is put into a variety assets.

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.

Dividends

Find out what dividends are and how they can contribute to the growth of your investment portfolio.

Synthetic ETFs

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

Global Investment Performance Standards (GIPS)