A pricing model devised by Fischer Black and Myron Scholes in 1973.

The percentage rate at which interest is charged on a loan or paid on savings.

A pool of money normally set apart for a purpose, for example, a pension fund to provide.

(ITS)An electronic communications network that links nine US markets: the New York (NYSE), American.

(DAX)The index for the largest 30 German companies quoted on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.

The six big accountancy firms: KPMG, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Ernst & Young, Deloitte & Touche and.

(EIRIS) The Ethical Investment Research Service (EIRIS) which maintains a database which you can use to.

In the US, a plan which enables investors to accumulate shares in stock or a mutual fund by.

Stocks whose dividend payouts are high as a proportion of their share price. This could either be.

A financial institution which invests large amounts of money in the stock, bond and other financial.

Effectively a guarantee of payment of interest and repayment of principal of a bond issued by a.

The charge you pay if you borrow money, and the income you receive if you lend it or invest it in.

The movement of assets in one mutual fund or unit trust to another within a range of funds with.

The practice of deferring capital gains tax liability on a gift by transferring the liability to.

Methods used by companies to try to ensure their customers settle their accounts within the agreed.

A requirement of the 1986 Financial Services Act and in turn the Financial Services Authority that a.

See 'bond.

An international charge card enabling the holder to obtain goods and services without the need to.

See. (bridging loan) Broker to broker. A term used by the London Stock Exchange to denote that a transaction was between two member.

A company quoted on the London Stock Exchange which invests its shareholders' funds in the shares.