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Personal Investment AuthorityA Self Regulating Organisation (SRO) authorised by the Financial Services Authority (FSA) which regulates the majority of companies conducting investment business with private investors in the financial services market.The PIA replaced FIMBRA and LAUTRO and some activities of IMRO and the SFA in 1994.All regulatory functions of the PIA were taken over by the Financial Services Authority (FSA) in December 2001.Similar MatchesInvestment RiskInvestment RiskUncertainty about the future benefits to be realized from an investment. Foreign investment risk matrix (FIRM)Foreign investment risk matrix (FIRM)Graph that displays financial and political risk by intervals on which countries may be compared according to risk ratings. Investment clubInvestment clubA group of people who combine their money into a larger pool, then invest collectively in stocks and bonds, making decisions as a group. Investment Company with Variable CapitalInvestment Company with Variable CapitalAn open-ended collective investment vehicle, similar to a unit trust. As with unit trusts, the money invested by savers is pooled, and then invested in the markets by professional fund managers appointed by the ICVC. The advantage to savers is that by putting their savings together with savings of other individuals, they get the benefits of diversification, and also of professional fund management. The difference between an ICVC and a unit trust is that an ICVC is a company rather than a trust. If you put savings into it, you have shares, not units. Also, an ICVC has just one price, whether you are buying or selling shares in it, with charges shown separately. Investment Company Act of 1940Investment Company Act of 1940Legislation that requires investment companies to register with the SEC and that outlines standards by which they must operate. Further SuggestionsForeign investment argument for protectioninvestment income Investment Valuation Model (IVM) Normal investment practice Direct investment alternative investment Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) Foreign portfolio investment return on investment Reinvestment risk Investment Advisers Act Investment climate dividend reinvestment plan investment company investment Alternative Investment Market Capital investment Reinvestment effect Value Line investment survey Investment Company Institute (ICI) Systematic investment plan Investment value Investment software investment trust Investment history |
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