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.

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W-8BEN Form

Non-US individuals and businesses may have to file this form for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), the US tax authority.
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Global Investment Performance Standards (GIPS)

A set of standards which investors use to present their investment results.
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DMO

The United Kingdom Debt Management Office. It’s an executive agency responsible for managing the government’s debt and cash needs, primarily through issuing gilts and Treasury bills.
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Bond

Learn what a bond is
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Volatility

A measure of how much the prices of an asset or index vary over time.
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Compound interest

Understand what compound interest means and how it's calculated
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Money weighted rate of return

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

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

Learn what quick ratio stands for in financial terms and how to calculate it.
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