The document which specifies the details and conditions of cover of an insurance contract together.

The rate at which a company is spending its cash reserves.

A term which means in the meantime. See 'interim bonus' and 'interim.

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

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

(Bridging loan) Term commonly applied to news wires carrying price and background information on securities and.

A term, used by some assurance companies, as an alternative to.

A former state benefit payable after the expiry of state sickness benefit if a person was still.

Directly or indirectly taking the opposite side of a customer's order into the handling broker's own.

A credit line offered by banks and mortgage lenders which grants the homeowner the opportunity of.

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

A takeover bid by one company for another, in which the directors of the target company oppose.

The difference between a bond's face value and the lower market price.

Assets of a company such as buildings and machinery which are regularly used over a long period of.

(FOOTSIE)An index of the share prices of the 100 largest companies (by market capitalisation) in the UK.

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

The price at which units in a unit trust are bought by investors. Also known as the offer.

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

An option strategy which involves, in one single transaction, the simultaneous purchase (sale) of a.

The price at which a company's shares are offered to the market for the first time. When they begin.