What a gilt holds and what it returns
Holding a gilt means owning a fixed stream of coupon payments and a £100 nominal repayment at maturity, and what that holding returns depends on the price paid for the stream.
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Understanding gilts: a guide to UK government bonds
What a gilt actually is — a loan to HM Treasury that pays interest and returns your £100 nominal at maturity — and how conventional and index-linked gilts differ.
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Nominal value and market value: what a gilt is worth
A gilt's nominal value is the £100 per unit it repays at maturity, while its market value is what the price you pay makes it worth — and the two are rarely the same number.