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Packaged Retail and Insurance-based Investment Product (PRIIP)

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.

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

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Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF)

A collection of investments, pooled into a single fund that can be bought and sold on a stock exchange.

Professional Client

An investor that is able to meet several regulatory criteria.

Dividends

Find out what dividends are and how they can contribute to the growth of your investment portfolio.

Technical Analysis

Examining price movements of shares and other assets, and trying to predict how they will move in the future.

OEIC

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

Quantitative easing

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

Venture Capital Trust (VCT)

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

Leverage

A method of trading using borrowed money that usually involves a very high level of risk.

Securities

Bonds and stocks.

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