UK banks bought 91pc of new gilts issued in the six months ending in April. Read More Banks buy 91pc of new gilts by numbers
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Britain’s banks have emerged as the buyers of 91pc of Government debt in the last six months, as demand from other UK investors and foreign buyers fell away. Read More Banks buy bulk of ?398bn of new gilts
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Sterling has climbed above $1.62 for the first time since January after the Bank of England resisted any more money printing and held rates at 0.5pc. Read More Gilts and pound rise after Bank of England resists QE urge
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Social housing in Scotland represents an investment as safe and reliable as UK gilts, a Scottish minister has told a group the biggest pension fund managers. Read More Scottish social housing needs investment as safe as gilts
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Government minister to lead investor road-trip to Middle East as Britain plans to sell more debt in the international market. Read More Lord Sassoon roadshow to reassure Middle East investors as UK plans more gilts sales
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One of the world’s largest sovereign wealth funds has given Britain its vote of confidence by pledging to buy Government debt this year. Read More Norwegians vote of confidence for gilts purchase
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Rates on government bonds and across the whole spectrum of finance will more than double over the next decade, according to new study. Read More Interest rates on gilts to double to 1970s levels as population ages
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Investors should not abandon gilts despite a leading bond investor describing the market as “a bed of nitroglycerine”, according to a well known bond fund manager. Read More Pimco is exaggerating threat to gilts
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Gilt dealers were on Wednesday more interested in the first government debt auction of the new year than the scuffle between Labour politicians. Read More UK gilts sale sees good demand
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The pound posted its first annual gain against both the dollar and the euro since 2006 last year and gilts had their first loss in a decade as evidence mounted that the U.K. is emerging from its longest recession on record. 6 Vote(s) Read More UK Pound Rises, Gilts Post First Loss Since 1999
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