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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.

A collective investment scheme the investors pay money into in exchange for units. The money is invested in a diversified portfolio of assets.

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A type of financing that investors provide to startups, who sometimes announce getting said financing in TechCrunch, to big fanfare.

London Stock Exchange, which was founded in 1571 and now has a market cap of almost $5 trillion.

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

The quoted price of a gilt, which excludes accrued interest

Going public without the traditional IPO. Existing shares, straight onto the exchange, no new money raised.