Global Investment Performance Standards (GIPS)

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A tax deduction made at the source of the payment.

Gilts where the dividends and principal repayments are fixed in nominal terms. This is as opposed to an index-linked gilt where the dividends and principal repayments are related to movements in the Retail Prices Index (RPI).

A summary of a company's finances, including its assets, liabilities and shareholder equity.

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

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.

The amount of money a company would be left with by subtracting its liabilities from the value of its assets.

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