Fixed income managers take advantage of Budget-wobbles to move gilt allocations

Increasing gilt exposure

Michael Nelson
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Fixed income managers took advantage of a sell-off in UK gilts to create value for their funds ahead of what was viewed as a potentially “investor friendly” Budget last week (26 November).

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