Global Investment Performance Standards (GIPS)

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The amount a lender charges for lending your money, or a borrower pays you for borrowing your money.

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Also called a dividend, this is the fixed annual interest paid to gilt holders. It’s usually paid in two equal, semi-annual instalments and expressed as a percentage of the nominal value of the gilt.

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

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The percentage by which an investor outperforms a relevant benchmark.

The interest earned on a gilt since the last dividend date. When buying a gilt, the buyer pays the accrued interest at the time of a transaction to the seller in addition to the clean price of the gilt