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1. ''Financial markets - financial instruments - UK central government debt.''  
''Sustainability - disasters.''


Most commonly in UK usage, UK central government debt.
Disaster risk is the risk of harm following the serious disruption of a community or society, resulting from natural or human-made events.


Disasters may be sudden onset or slow onset.


Also known as Gilt-edged securities, or Gilt-edged stock.


 
Disasters include the impacts of cyclones, droughts, floods, earthquakes, wars and many others.
 
:<span style="color:#4B0082">'''''Example 1: Short-dated Conventional gilt'''''</span>
 
:An example of a short-dated conventional UK gilt was the 2% Treasury Gilt 2020.
 
: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 ==
== See also ==
* [[Bill]]
* [[Business continuity management]]
* [[Bond]]
* [[Catastrophe bond]]
* [[Bund]]
* [[Climate change]]
* [[Debt Management Office]]
* [[Climate change adaptation]]
* [[Exempt gain]]
* [[Climate change mitigation]]
* [[G+]]
* [[Climate finance]]
* [[High-yield]]
* [[Climate physical risk]]
* [[Index-linked gilt]]
* [[Climate risk]]
* [[Investment grade]]
* [[Climate transition]]
* [[Paper]]
* [[Disaster recovery plan]]
* [[Risk-free rate of return]]
* [[Disaster recovery planning]]
* [[Semi-annual rate]]
* [[Disaster risk finance]]
* [[Share]]
* [[Environmental concerns]]
* [[Sovereign]]
* [[Global Risk Financing Facility]]  (GRiF)
* [[Stock]]
* [[Global Shield Financing Facility]]  (GSFF)
* [[Stock exchange]]
* [[Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change]]
* [[Swap spread risk]]
* [[InsuResilience Global Partnership]]   (IGP)
* [[Tap stock]]
* [[Insurance]]
* [[Treasury]]
* [[Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change]] (IPCC)
* [[Treasury securities]]
* [[International Institute for Sustainable Development]] (IISD)
* [[United Kingdom]]
* [[Resilience]]
* [[Sustainability]]
* [[Sustainable Development Goals]] (SDGs)
* [[Transition]]
* [[UK Climate Change Committee]]
* [[United Nations]]
* [[V20]]


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[[Category:Accounting,_tax_and_regulation]]
[[Category:The_business_context]]

Latest revision as of 01:17, 8 February 2024

Sustainability - disasters.

Disaster risk is the risk of harm following the serious disruption of a community or society, resulting from natural or human-made events.

Disasters may be sudden onset or slow onset.


Disasters include the impacts of cyclones, droughts, floods, earthquakes, wars and many others.


See also

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