Packaged Retail and Insurance-based Investment Product (PRIIP)

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

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Profit on an investment, expressed as a percentage of the investment.

Gilts where the dividends and principal repayments are fixed in nominal terms. This is as opposed to an index-linked gilt where the dividends and principal repayments are related to movements in the Retail Prices Index (RPI).

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

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

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

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

Investment funds that are often associated with riskier and shorter-term trading strategies.