Global Investment Performance Standards (GIPS)

An investment where, regardless of its legal form, the amount repayable to the retail investor is subject to fluctuations.

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

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

What is a gilt?

A trading venue operated by the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.

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.

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

The world's largest stock exchange. Wall St HQ.

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).