Global Investment Performance Standards (GIPS)

A collection of investments, pooled into a single fund that can be bought and sold on a stock exchange.

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

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

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

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A security that is sold outside of an exchange.

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.

A company that pools money together from multiple investors and then invests it.

A type of financing that investors provide to startups, who sometimes announce getting said financing in TechCrunch, to big fanfare.