Hedge Fund

The amount of money made or lost from an investment. Usually expressed as a percentage.

A listed company run by a fund manager, investing mainly in private companies.e.

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.

The amount of money a user has stored in a financial repository.

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

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.

A measure of how much the prices of an asset or index vary over time.

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