Index-linked Savings Certificates
- Index-linked Savings Certificates
Index-linked Savings Certificates are inflation linked bonds from National Savings and Investments the state-owned savings bank in the United Kingdom. The bond terms are typically 2,3 or 5 years. The returns are linked to the RPI (not CPI) with an escalating premium on top. The escalation encourages bonds to be held to term with higher return over inflation in the later years.
Bonds can be cashed in at any time. Bonds cashed in the first year sacrifice their increases to date and return only the initial deposit. Bonds cashed in beyond the first year yield the RPI indexing and premiums up to that month.
Index-linked Savings Certificates are free from UK income tax making them relatively attractive to tax-payers, particularly higher rate tax-payers. They are backed by the Treasury of the UK Government so are considered to be safe deposits.
The bonds come in issues. Each issue has a per person investment limit, currently 15000 pounds.
External links
* [http://www.nsandi.com National Savings and Investments Homepage]
* [http://www.nsandi.com/products/ilsc/overview.jsp Index-linked Savings Certificates Homepage]
* [http://www.nsandi.com/products/ilsc/rates.jsp Latest Issues] and [http://www.nsandi.com/pdf/historic_interest.pdf Recent Historic Issues]
* [http://www.investmentguide.co.uk/natinde2.htm Past Issues] from [http://www.InvestmentGuide.co.uk InvestmentGuide]
* [http://www.statistics.gov.uk/cci/nugget.asp?id=19 UK Inflation]
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