Investing Basics
A guide to active and passive fund management
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Investment
Invesco ICVC Securities Lending
Securities Lending is a well-established practice involving the short-term transfer (loan) of securities by a fund for an open-ended time period.
Online security and fraud
Identity theft – understanding the risks
At Invesco, we place the utmost importance on the security of your personal information. This could mean that when conducting business with us, for example, we will ask you to confirm personal details before we are able to discuss your investment with you or that we contact you to confirm instructions you have supplied to us.
8 July 2021
Investment
Dilution adjustment explained
A dilution adjustment is a change to the share price of a single priced ICVC fund. It is applied by fund management companies simply to protect existing investors from bearing the costs of buying or selling the underlying investments as a result of large inflows into or outflows from a fund.
Investing Basics
Investment trusts: what do all the numbers mean?
The investment trust world is awash with numbers, all telling you something different about the value of an investment trust, but what do they all mean? Read our explainer to find out more.
Investing Basics
Investment trusts: Discounts and premiums explained
Investment trusts have lots of unique quirks and whether their shares trade at a discount or a premium is one of them. But what does it mean to trade at a discount or premium? Read our explainer to find out more.
Investing Basics
Investment trusts: how do they differ from open-ended funds?
Investment trusts and funds have a lot in common but they also have key differences that investors need to consider when putting together their investment portfolio. We take a look at these differences.
Investment terms
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Backwardation explained
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Commodity futures explained
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Credit Default Swaps (CDSs)
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Deflation
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Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs)
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Futures Curves
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Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
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Hyperinflation
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Inflation
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LIBOR explained
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Mark to Market
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Stagflation
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The role of futures margins
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Yield curves explained
Further investing information
ETF education
Discover everything you need to know about ETFs in a series of short videos.
