Investment Return

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

The average annual return an investor sees over a set period of time.

The sum of a set of numbers added together and then divided by the total amount of numbers in that set.

Understand what Bed and ISA is and how it works

An investment that provides a fixed rate of return, often over a specific set of time.

Unique to the UK, these funds pool together money to invest from multiple investors.

The face value of a gilt. It represents the amount that will be repaid to the holder at maturity and is also used to calculate the dividend or coupon payment.

What is yield to maturity and why is it useful?

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