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W-8BEN Form

W-8BEN Form

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

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

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Money laundering

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

Bed & ISA

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Venture Capital Trust (VCT)

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

Synthetic ETFs

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

United States Dollar (USD)

The famous greenback our friends in the US use as currency.

Hypothesis Testing

A mathematical test used to determine whether a claim is true or false.

Zero coupon bonds

What is a zero coupon bond?

52-week high/low

The highest, or lowest, price a share has traded at in a passing year.

Gilt

What is a gilt?

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