gilts

Bonds

Gilt sales surge as US treasury yields hit record low

The Debt Management Office has raised almost half of its bond sales target for this financial year in just four months on continued strong demand for gilts.

clock 04 August 2010 • 1 min read

Bonds

BoE posts £5.5bn loss on QE book

The Bank of England has made a £5.5bn full-year loss on the assets bought under its quantitative easing (QE) programme to prop up the battered UK economy.

clock 28 July 2010 •

Investment

Artemis' Littlewood on living up to great expectations

INTERVIEW

clock 23 July 2010 •

Bonds

Gross' Pimco turns bullish on gilts

Pimco, the world's biggest bond manager, has turned bullish on UK government debt, just six months after it warned gilts were resting "on a bed of nitroglycerin".

clock 14 July 2010 •

Managed funds

Selectivity key to better returns as corporate profits signal recovery

ASSET ALLOCATION

clock 13 July 2010 • 2 min read

Bonds

Corporate spreads offering value relative to sovereign bonds

BONDS

clock 02 July 2010 • 2 min read

Bonds

Gilts rally on £20bn issuance reduction

The UK gilt market rallied in the run-up to the Budget and while Osborne was giving his speech, but this initial growth spurt now seems to have moderated.

clock 28 June 2010 •

Bonds

Amey seeks better risk/reward in short-dated bonds and cash

PIMCO's Mike Amey is orientating his fund towards shorter-dated bonds and cash in the view they provide better reward for the risks associated with the UK economy.

clock 28 June 2010 • 2 min read

Economics

Sterling and gilts surge after Budget

Sterling has strengthened against the US dollar and euro on the back of today's emergency Budget, while gilts have also bounced.

clock 22 June 2010 •

Economics

Budget 2010: All the key points you should know

Here are all the key facts from today's Budget you need to know...

clock 22 June 2010 •
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