Gilts are seeing prices fall and yields climb after the worse than feared decline in the UK economy was revealed this morning.
Investment Week |
25 Jan 2012
The UK's public debt pile has climbed above £1trn for the first time ever, after the government borrowed almost £14bn last month.
Investment Week |
24 Jan 2012
Gilt yields have fallen to another record low as investors' appetite for UK debt remains strong amid eurozone woes.
Investment Week |
19 Jan 2012
M&G Investments bond manager Richard Woolnough has revealed he is currently favouring US treasuries over gilts, as the latter are already priced for more quantitative easing.
Investment Week |
18 Jan 2012
The yield on gilts tumbled near to record lows this morning as investors piled into any sovereigns which have retained their AAA-status after widespread EU downgrades.
Investment Week |
16 Jan 2012
Standard Life Investments’ £9bn Global Absolute Return Strategies (GARS) fund has cut its exposure to UK gilts, taking profits as yields hit record lows.
Investment Week |
12 Jan 2012
The UK has sold £700m of long-dated index-linked gilts for a negative real yield of 0.116%, the lowest level ever recorded.
Investment Week |
10 Jan 2012
Old Mutual Asset Managers' bond fund manager Stewart Cowley has warned investors in gilt funds face major headwinds in 2012, after falls in yields to record lows left them with little protection from coupons if prices start to come down.
Investment Week |
06 Jan 2012
International investors are buying record amounts of UK government bonds as the Bank of England’s £75bn QE programme spurs demand, with the yield on the 10-year gilt hitting a new record low.
Investment Week |
05 Jan 2012
2011 has been a year when some of the most popular emerging market managers paid the price for the breakneck growth of recent years, with investors fleeing to safe havens as equities tanked amid the eurozone debt crisis.
Investment Week |
16 Dec 2011
Gilt yields hit a new record low by mid-afternoon as investors continued to buy up UK debt amid concerns the European Union has not done enough to avert a financial meltdown.
Investment Week |
12 Dec 2011
The Bank of England has overestimated the impact of quantitative easing on gilt yields, the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) has said.
Investment Week |
12 Dec 2011
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