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The official document a company publishes before selling shares to the public. Long, detailed, and worth a read.

A legal requirement for financial firms to understand exactly who their customers are. Used to prevent money laundering and terrorist financing.

Find our what a SPAc or special purpose acquisition company is.

A startup valued at over £1 billion. They are rare, hence the name.

Learn what Beta stands for in finance.

Learn what Money Weighted Rate of Return or MWRR stands for in finance.

A return calculated over the time period invested, that excludes extraneous elements, such as deposits to and withdrawals from the investment accounted.

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.

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