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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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Fundamentals

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

A company that pools money together from multiple investors and then invests it.
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Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF)

A collection of investments, pooled into a single fund that can be bought and sold on a stock exchange.
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Key Information Document (KID)

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

An exchange-traded fund that is comprised of a set of stocks.
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DMO

The United Kingdom Debt Management Office. It’s an executive agency responsible for managing the government’s debt and cash needs, primarily through issuing gilts and Treasury bills.
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Quick ratio

Learn what quick ratio stands for in financial terms and how to calculate it.
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ESG investing

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