Maturity date

The date on which a gilt is redeemed and the gilt holder receives the repayment of the nominal amount and final dividend or coupon payment.

More terms

Zero coupon bonds

What is a zero coupon bond?
Read more

Balance sheet

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

NYSE

The world's largest stock exchange. Wall St HQ.
Read more

Compound interest

Understand what compound interest means and how it's calculated
Read more

Packaged Retail and Insurance-based Investment Product (PRIIP)

An investment where, regardless of its legal form, the amount repayable to the retail investor is subject to fluctuations.
Read more

Bookbuilding

How banks work out what investors will pay for shares before an IPO, one order at a time.
Read more

Hypothesis Testing

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

Professional Client

An investor that is able to meet several regulatory criteria.
Read more

Know Your Customer (KYC)

A legal requirement for financial firms to understand exactly who their customers are. Used to prevent money laundering and terrorist financing.
Read more

You’re just minutes away from commission-free investing

When you invest, your capital is at risk