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1. ''Financial markets - financial instruments - UK central government debt.''  
1. ''Working effectively with others - performance.''


Most commonly in UK usage, UK central government debt.
A peer is an individual of similar seniority or an organisation operating in the same sector, usually of similar size.




Also known as Gilt-edged securities, or Gilt-edged stock.
2.  ''Corporate performance.''.


Abbreviation for peer company or business.




:<span style="color:#4B0082">'''''Example 1: Short-dated Conventional gilt'''''</span>
==See also==
*[[Coach]]
*[[Coaching]]
*[[Peer coaching]]
*[[Peer company]]
* [[Peer-to-peer]]
*[[Peer review]]
*[[Performance]]
*[[Performance management]]
*[[Skills and performance coaching]]
*[[Working effectively with others]]


:An example of a short-dated conventional UK gilt was the 2% Treasury Gilt 2020.
[[Category:Accounting,_tax_and_regulation]]
 
:Each £100 gilt repaid £100 to the owner on 22 July 2020.
 
:It also paid interest on 22 July 2020, calculated at 2% per year. It was originally issued in 2014.
 
:It paid a predetermined fixed amount of interest (2% per year) throughout its whole life.
 
:It was repaid at a fixed amount of £100 at its maturity on 22 July 2020.
 
:Whatever happened to inflation before final maturity, these amounts did not change.
 
 
:<span style="color:#4B0082">'''''Example 2: Long-dated Conventional gilt'''''</span>
 
:A very long dated conventional gilt is the 4% Treasury Gilt 2060.
 
:It will pay interest at 4% per year until 2060.
 
 
:<span style="color:#4B0082">'''''Example 3: Index-linked gilts'''''</span>
 
:Index-linked gilts pay out larger amounts, the higher the rate of inflation.
 
:The 'index' they are linked to is the UK Retail Prices Index (RPI).
 
:About 25% of UK gilts are index-linked, with 75% being conventional.
 
 
Historically, gilts were printed on gilt-edged paper (heavy bond paper with a metallic edge, usually gold-leaf or gold paint).
 
The heavy expensive looking paper was designed to give confidence in the promise.
 
 
2. ''Financial markets - central government debt.''
 
The term 'gilt' is also used to refer to the debt of certain other central governments, especially US government treasury securities.
 
 
== See also ==
* [[Bill]]
* [[Bond]]
* [[Bund]]
* [[Debt Management Office]]
* [[Exempt gain]]
* [[G+]]
* [[Index-linked gilt]]
* [[Paper]]
* [[Risk-free rate of return]]
* [[Semi-annual rate]]
* [[Share]]
* [[Sovereign]]
* [[Stock]]
* [[Stock exchange]]
* [[Swap spread risk]]
* [[Tap stock]]
* [[Treasury]]
* [[Treasury securities]]
* [[United Kingdom]]
 
[[Category:Corporate_financial_management]]

Latest revision as of 23:52, 7 February 2024

1. Working effectively with others - performance.

A peer is an individual of similar seniority or an organisation operating in the same sector, usually of similar size.


2. Corporate performance..

Abbreviation for peer company or business.


See also