Glossary
Welcome to our A–Z Financial Glossary, a trusted resource created to explain essential financial terms and definitions in plain English. From pensions and investments to savings, tax, and retirement planning, each entry is designed to help you better understand the language used across the UK financial services industry. Whether you’re comparing financial products, researching advice, or improving your financial knowledge, this glossary helps you find clear answers quickly and confidently.
A
B
C
- Capital Expenditure (CapEx)
- Capital Gain
- Capital Preservation
- Car Financing
- Carried Interest
- Cash Conversion Cycle (CCC)
- Cash Stuffing
- Central Bank
- Collateral
- Compound Interest
- Consolidated Accounts
- Contribution Ratios
- Correlation
- Cost Allocation
- Cost of Debt
- Credit Card
- Currency Hedging
- Currency Risk
- Current Account
- Custodian Services
D
E
F
G
H
I
L
M
N
O
P
- P11D
- P11D(b)
- P2
- P32
- P45
- P53
- P60
- P87
- Passive Income
- Passive Investing
- Pay As You Earn (PAYE)
- Pension Credit
- Pension Forecasting
- Pension Protection Fund (PPF)
- Pension Recycling
- Pension Scams
- Phantom Shares
- Policy Excess
- Portfolios
- Pound-Cost Averaging
- Pre-Nuptial Agreements
- Premium Bonds
- Principal
- Private Income Protection
- Property Taxes
Q
R
S
- Salary Sacrifice Pension
- Sales Incentive Compensation Plans
- Scalability
- Section 455
- SERPS
- Shareholders
- Simple Interest
- SIPP Account
- Small Pension Pots
- Solvency
- Sovereign Debt
- Sovereign Wealth Funds
- Stakeholders
- Stamp Duty Land Tax
- State Pension Deferral
- Stocks & Shares ISA
- Stocks and Bonds
- Stress Testing
- Student Landlord
- Swing Trading
- Systemic Risk