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The London Stock Exchange's principal market for listed companies from the UK and overseas.

The fee charged by a fund manager for managing a portfolio. It’s normally based on a percentage of the assets under management.

A measure of the size of an investment company calculated by multiplying the number of shares in issue by the price of the shares.

For example, if an investment company has 200 million shares in issue, and its share price is £1.50, its market capitalisation would be £300m.

See total assets.