What is 'maturity date'? Definition & meaning

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Professional Client

An investor that is able to meet several regulatory criteria.

Quantitative easing

Find out what quantitative easing is and how central banks use this monetary measure to encourage economic growth.

Nominal amount

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.

Fundamentals

The data or information that is likely to impact a company's stock price.

Oligopoly

A situation in which a market or industry is controlled by a small group of companies.

Accrued interest

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

OEIC

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

Geometric Mean Return

A way of calculating compound returns on an investment or savings over a set period of time.

Hypothesis Testing

A mathematical test used to determine whether a claim is true or false.

Maturity date