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1
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Personal savings allowance for interest on cash within their tax brackets

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Basic - £1k
Higher - £500
Additional - £0

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2
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FSCS limit with cash deposits

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£85k

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3
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Restricted access cash account

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Have to give notice in order to access cash or cash tied in for period of time

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4
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ISA annual limit and min. investment

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£20k and £1

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5
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What % must the ISA guarantee is returned in order to be classed as a cash ISA not a stocks and shares ISA

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95%

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6
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Limit allowed in premium bonds

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£50k

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7
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Fixed interest savings certificate

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Lump sum investment with a guaranteed return over a term. Minimum of £100 and max. of £15k or issue.

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8
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Index linked savings certificate

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Lump sum investment with return linked to an index over a set term. Min of £100 and max. of £15k per issue.

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9
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Child bond

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Can only be bought by a relative and this is a rolling 5yr contract that terminates on first 5th anniversary after 16th birthday.

Min investment of £25 and max. Of £3k per issue.

Penalty of 90daysbinterdt for early encashment

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10
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Direct saver NS&I consists of what 2 bonds and what is their min. and max. Investment?

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Guaranteed growth bond and guranteed income bond. Min. investment £500 and max. £1mil per issue.

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11
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Treasury bill

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Sold below face value and bought back at face value. Aimed at the short term and weekly auctions are held. Guaranteed return applies.

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12
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Who are treasury bills managed by?

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Debt management office

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13
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Certificates of deposit

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Fixed term and fixed return over very short term. No guarantees apply and can be sold on stock market

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14
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Commercial bills

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Sold below face value and bought back at face value. Focused for very short term. Highest risk when compared to treasury bills and certificates of deposit.

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15
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What time frame are treasury bills, certificates of deposit and commercial bills aimed at?

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TB - 12 months
CD - 1-3 months
CB - 1-3 months

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16
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Can treasury bills, certificates of deposit and commercial bills tradable on the stock market?

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Yes

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17
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What is the difference between money market funds and short term money market funds?

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Money market funds - weighted average maturity of no more than 6 months and weighted average life of no more than 12 months

Short term money market funds - weighted average maturity of no more than 2months and weighted average life of no more than 4 months

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18
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Weighted average maturity

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Average time til maturity of security. Eg if has multiple with 2 and 4 month maturity date for different investments then average is 3 months

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19
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Weighted average life

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Average time til the original investment repaid in full. So average time of every penny lent to be repaid.

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20
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Nominal value

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Price at redemption (PAR value)

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21
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Stocks coupon

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Rate of interest paid

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22
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Clean price of an asset

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Price if no adjustments were made for any interest due from the bond

23
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How often does interest accrue and when is it paid

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Accrues daily and paid 6 monthly

24
Q

Cum dividend and ex dividend for a bond

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Cum - traded with dividend

Ex - traded without dividend

25
Q

GILTS are issued by

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Debt management office of HM treasury

26
Q

What happens to bond prices and bond yields if interest rates rise?

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Bond drives drop and bond yields increase

27
Q

What happens to bond prices and bond yields if interest rates fall?

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Bond prices rise and bond yields fall

28
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Unsystematic risk

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Risks that effect a particular stock

29
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Market or systematic risk

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Risks that effect the whole market

30
Q

What level is a investment grade bond?

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Anything higher than a BBB- or BBB3

31
Q

Short medium and long term GILTS as classified by DMO and financial press?

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DMO FP
S Less than 7yrs Less than 5yrs
M 7-15yrs 5-15yrs
L Over 15yrs Over 15yrs

32
Q

Index linked GILTs were created to tackle what?

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Inflation

33
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Index linked GILT

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Both interest payment and capital on maturity paid in line with inflation(RPI) from 3months prior

34
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Indexation lag

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Delay of 3months for calculating RPI paid to bond on an index linked GILT

35
Q

Strips market for GILTS

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Market to trade and sell interest payments and redemption payment separately

36
Q

Is a corporate bond secured or unsecured?

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Can be both

37
Q

Debenture

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Secured loan with trustees to represent the lender and a deed which sets the rules.

38
Q

Fixed charge debenture

Floating charge debenture

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Fixed - Charge over a specified asset so sale is restricted

Floating - General charge over a companies assets so sale not restricted

39
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What has higher priority Floating charge debenture or fixed charge debenture?

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Fixed

40
Q

Convertable loan stock

A

Able to convert loan into stock

41
Q

Floating rate notes and who are they issued by?

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Often issued by banks

Pay interest linked to money markets

42
Q

Permenant interest bearing shares (PIBS) and who are normally issued by?

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Building society and returns are high but interest payments could be missed. Also not covered by FSCS

43
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Perpetual subordinate bonds

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Any demutualised building societies PIBS turn into these

44
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Preference shares

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Paid a fixed amount of dividends each year that isn’t related to performance of company but have no voting rights

Convertable - change to ordinary shares at pre-set date and pre-set date if they wish

Cumulative - any missed dividend must be made up in following payment

Redeemable - can be purchased back by company

45
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Alphabet shares

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Ordinary shares with different rules

46
Q

What ranks first out of preference and ordinary shares should the company go into liquidation?

A

Preference

47
Q

How often are preference shares paid and what if payments fall short of fixed agreement?

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Every 6 months and they are made up in the following payment

48
Q

Private equity firms

A

Take out shares in a private company that isn’t listed in the stock exchange

49
Q

Dow Jones
Standard and poor composite
NASDAQ

NIKKEI 225
TOPIX

DAX 30

Hang seng

CAC 40

FTSE/JSE

S&P all ordinary shares

A

USA
JAPAN
GERMANY
HONG KONG
FRANCE
SOUTH AFRICA
AUSTRALIA

50
Q

Rent a room relief 6 sets of criteria

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  • must be in the UK
  • must be owners main residence
  • one exempt amount per residence
  • must not be self contained
  • must be furnished
  • owner must be resident
51
Q

Panel of takeover and mergers charge a flat fee of £X? And this applies to purchases above £X?

A

£1 above £10k

52
Q

SDLT FTB allowance?

A

£300k

53
Q

6 Tax free NS&I products

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Junior ISA
Premium bonds
Fixed interest savings certificates
Index linked savings certificates
Children’s bonds
Direct ISA

54
Q

What is the penalty levy for early withdrawal on a children’s bond?

A

90days of interest