Maturity date

A return calculated over the time period invested, that excludes extraneous elements, such as deposits to and withdrawals from the investment accounted.

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

A tax deduction made at the source of the payment.

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

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

An ETF that that reproduces the return of an index through the use of swaps.

The difference between a company's revenue and the cost to produce its goods/services, divided by revenue.