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Venture Capital

Venture Capital

A type of financing that investors provide to startups, who sometimes announce getting said financing in TechCrunch, to big fanfare.

A type of financing that investors provide to startups, who sometimes announce getting said financing in TechCrunch, to big fanfare.

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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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Hedge Fund

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

The annual interest payment (dividend) divided by the current market price of a bond.
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Money laundering

A method of moving money obtained illicitly through the financial system so it can be used legally.
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Forward pricing

Mutual funds are traded on a forward pricing basis, meaning the price you see will be different to the price you may trade at.
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Arithmetic Mean

The sum of a set of numbers added together and then divided by the total amount of numbers in that set.
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Depository

We look at what is a depository and what role they play in keeping markets work.
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Base rate

What's the base rate?
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