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(IPE) Europe's leading energy futures and options exchange and the second largest in the.

A facility provided by banks enabling customers to conduct banking transactions through their.

See: 'intestate.

The situation which exists when a person dies without making a will. The person is then said to have.

An options expression which indicates the difference between the current price of the.

(IB)An individual or firm who can perform all the functions of a broker except one. An introducing.

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

A company's finished goods, work in progress and raw.

The buying of shares in individual companies or units in collective funds (unit trusts,.

A unit linked single premium whole life assurance policy. Part of the premium gives life cover.

The Financial Services Act 1986 defines investment business to include dealing, arranging deals in,.

A group of individuals who combine their capital and invest it collectively. The advantage of these.

A company which invests the funds of small private investors in a range of securities. This enables.

A credit rating given to a government or coporate bond which indicates that the agency giving the.

Income, paid from an investment, such as dividends and.

(IMRO)A Self Regulating Organisation (SRO) with responsibility for monitoring the manner in which UK.

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

See: 'Financial Services Compensation.

(ICS)A compensation scheme for investors with operating rules set by the Financial Services Authority.

Foreign income from sources other than the movement of goods. It includes a country's earnings from.