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Hedge Fund

Hedge Fund

Investment funds that are often associated with riskier and shorter-term trading strategies.

Investment funds that are often associated with riskier and shorter-term trading strategies.

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Ponzi Scheme

A form of fraud designed to lure new investors, and pays the earlier backers by using the new investors' money.

Dividends

Find out what dividends are and how they can contribute to the growth of your investment portfolio.

Yield to maturity (YTM)

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Dirty price

The total price payable on the purchase of a gilt. It’s calculated as the clean price plus accrued interest.

Base rate

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Packaged Retail and Insurance-based Investment Product (PRIIP)

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

Global Investment Performance Standards (GIPS)

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

Investment Trust

A company that pools money together from multiple investors and then invests it.

Internal Rate of Return (IRR)

A means of calculating the potential future return on an investment.

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