The average rate at which a particular financial parameter compounds up over a period of.

See 'time.

Taxes which are imposed directly on the individual paying them. Examples of direct taxation are.

Costs which affect a company's profit (or loss) which are associated with normal activities but are.

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

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

Interest cover measures the amount of interest paid by a company on its borrowings against its.

The current community - current members are Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany,.

A type of mortgage where interest repayments to the lender are fixed until maturity or for a.

(EFP)A transaction in which one party buys the physical commodity and simultaneously sells futures and.

(CQS) A US system which collects and disseminates, electronically, current bid and asked quotations along.

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

A unit or investment fund which invests in the stocks of growth companies.

Where documents presented by an Exporter under a Letter of Credit do not comply with the terms of the Letter of Credit or are inconsistent with other documents presented.

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

An index of the share prices of the 250 largest companies (by market capitalisation) immediately.

A combined index of the FTSE 100 and the FTSE 250. See also FTSE Actuaries All-Share.

A document confirming that recently-purchased insurance is in force. Used if a claim should be.

A person specialising in insurance matters and who gives advice on the subject as well as arranging.