Retail Prices Index (RPI)

Trading outside of a stock exchange's opening hours.

An index published each month by the Office for National Statistics, which measures the level of retail prices in the UK. Cash flows on all index-linked gilts are linked to the RPI.

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

Also called a dividend, this is the fixed annual interest paid to gilt holders. It’s usually paid in two equal, semi-annual instalments and expressed as a percentage of the nominal value of the gilt.

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

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A tax deduction made at the source of the payment.

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