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ESG investing

ESG is a hot topic right now for investors. Understand what ESG investing is all about and how you can use it to diversify your portfolio.

Accounting standards

The rules a company follows when preparing financial statements.

Conventional gilts

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).

LSE

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

Maturity value

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Money weighted rate of return

Learn what Money Weighted Rate of Return or MWRR stands for in finance.

Spot Rate

The currency exchange rate a bank quotes, valid with immediate effect.

Wall Street

A street in New York that became a figure of speech for the financial markets of the US.

Compound interest

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