Financial and business terms. 2012.
open-ended investment companies — ( OEICs) A form of collective investment scheme which is designed to incorporate favourable aspects of both investment trusts and unit trusts. It is legally speaking a company which issues shares, like an investment trust. However, whereas an… … Financial and business terms
Collective investment scheme — The values and performance of collective funds are listed in newspapers A collective investment scheme is a way of investing money alongside other investors in order to benefit from the inherent advantages of working as part of a group. These… … Wikipedia
Unit trust — A unit trust is a form of collective investment constituted under a trust deed.Found in Australia, Ireland, the Isle of Man, Jersey, New Zealand, South Africa, Singapore [Lee, Boon Keng and Ong, Andy. Personal Financial Planning in Singapore. INS … Wikipedia
Open-end fund — An open end(ed) fund is a collective investment scheme which can issue and redeem shares at any time. An investor will generally purchase shares in the fund directly from the fund itself rather than from the existing shareholders. It contrasts… … Wikipedia
ICVC — An ICVC or Investment Company with Variable Capital is a type of open ended collective investment formed as a corporation under the Open Ended Investment Companies Regulations of the United Kingdom. They are also known as OEICs (pronounced oik )… … Wikipedia
Insurance bond — An insurance bond (or investment bond) is a single premium life assurance policy for the purposes of investment. Due to tax laws they are a common form of investment in the UK and some offshore centres.Traditionally insurance bonds were with… … Wikipedia
FSMA overview — Introduction Implementation of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (FSMA) completed the vesting of supervisory responsibilities in the regulator, the Financial Services Authority (FSA), and rationalised and substantially replaced the… … Law dictionary
Open-ended investment company — An Open ended investment company (abbreviated to OEIC, pronounced oik ) or Investment Company with Variable Capital (or ICVC) is a type of open ended collective investment formed as a corporation under the Open Ended Investment Company… … Wikipedia
Individual Savings Account — An Individual Savings Account (ISA; pronounced /ˈaɪsə/) is a financial product available to residents in the United Kingdom. It is designed for the purpose of investment and savings with a favourable tax status. Money is contributed from… … Wikipedia
Life insurance — The foundation of life insurance is the recognition of the value of a human life and the possibility of indemnification for the loss of that value. F. C. Oviatt, Economic place of insurance and its relation to society[1] Life insurance is a… … Wikipedia
