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Volatility

Volatility

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

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

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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.

Venture Capital Trust (VCT)

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

LSE

London Stock Exchange, which was founded in 1571 and now has a market cap of almost $5 trillion.

Custodian bank

Learn what a custodian bank is.

Geometric Mean Return

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

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.

ESG investing

ESG is a hot topic right now for investors. Understand what ESG investing is all about and how you can use it to diversify your portfolio.

Key Information Document (KID)

A document issued by an investment fund to help investors determine if it's the right fund for them.

Internal Rate of Return (IRR)

A means of calculating the potential future return on an investment.

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