What is 'Global Investment Performance Standards (GIPS)'?

A set of standards which investors use to present their investment results.

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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.

Accounting standards

The rules a company follows when preparing financial statements.

Diversification

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

Year to Date (YTD)

A period of time that starts with the first day of the current calendar year and ends with today.

Custodian bank

Learn what a custodian bank is.

Gilt

What is a gilt?

Withholding Tax

A tax deduction made at the source of the payment.

UK Treasury bill

A debt instrument issued by the UK government with a maturity of less than one year.

Leverage

A method of trading using borrowed money that usually involves a very high level of risk.

Global Investment Performance Standards (GIPS)