A scheme set up to give limited protection to people with share and/or deposit accounts in.

Insurance which covers the policyholder against certain building losses or damages which may occur. .

(GPP)At its simplest, this is a series of individual personal pension plans, although if an employer.

A term normally associated with accident insurance. Under certain conditions, for example a road.

Interest earned by deposits at banks and financial institutions, or on gilts etc. before.

See 'redemption.

The amount of authorised share capital that shareholders have actually subscribed to a company for.

Instead of making an initial charge, some unit trust companies (particularly PEP managers) make a.

In 1887 Charles Dow (as in 'The Dow Jones') developed two stock market 'averages':

A type of bond devised by the US Treasury secretary, Nicholas Brady, in 1989, and issued by a.

A legal term given to an investor whose experience is such that members of the FSA are entitled to.

The unofficial trading of securities before their formal issue.

Cash, cheques etc. which circulate in an economy as an accepted means of.

An options strategy which has the same risk-reward profile as another strategy. For example, a long.

A person appointed in a will to ensure that the wishes of the deceased are duly carried.

The period during which an annuity is paid irrespective of whether the annuitant dies during that.

In the US, a tax imposed by the federal government or state on the net value of a deceased person's.

A life insurance policy which pays a benefit on the death of the insured but which also provides a.

(Bridging loan) (Bridging loan) The phenomenon of rising share prices amid a mood of general euphoria, leading (inevitably,.

(GMP)The minimum pension payable by a pension scheme in order that members may contract out of S2P (State.