Investment trust: related pages
NAV
The total value of a company’s assets less the total value of its liabilities, divided by the number of shares in issue.
Collective investment vehicle
Any entity that allows investors to pool their money rather than buying securities directly.
OEIC
Open Ended Investment Company: a type of collective investment fund that is incorporated but open ended.
ETF
An investment fund, units of which can be bought and sold on a stock exchange. Often used by tracker funds.
Unit Trust
An investment vehicles that allows investors to pool money. The fund grows or shrinks as investors add or withdraw money from it.
REIT
A collective investment scheme that allows tax efficient investment in property.
Benchmark index
The index or other measure against which the performance of a fund or portfolio is measured.
Single price
A price for investment in a collective investment vehicle that applies to both buying and selling it.
Fund mandate
The parameters within which a fund should invest.
Fund of funds
A collective investment vehicle that invests in other funds.
Split capital investment trusts
An investment trust that issues two classes of shares: income shares that pay high dividends and zeros for pure capital gains.
Tracker fund
A collective investment vehicle that is designed to replicate the performance of a particular index.
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